יָצַרyâtsar
bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, cramped
Pronunciation: yaw-tsar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3334
Meanings
A.
Qal: bind or tie up (Hosea 4:19; Proverbs 30:4; Isaiah 8:16)
Pu`al: tied up (Joshua 9:4)
B.
Qal: be scant, cramped, in straits (Isaiah 28:20; Proverbs 4:12; Job 20:22)
Hiph`il: make narrow for, press hard upon, cause distress to (Deuteronomy 28:52; Jeremiah 10:18; Zephaniah 1:17)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 10 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 32:7 Jacob was terrified at the news. He divided his household, along with the flocks and herds and camels, into two groups.
- Judges 2:15 Every time Israel went out to battle, the Lord fought against them, causing them to be defeated, just as he had warned. And the people were in great distress.
- Judges 10:9 The Ammonites also crossed to the west side of the Jordan and attacked Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. The Israelites were in great distress.
- 1 Samuel 30:6 David was now in great danger because all his men were very bitter about losing their sons and daughters, and they began to talk of stoning him. But David found strength in the Lord his God.
- 2 Samuel 13:2 Amnon became so obsessed with Tamar that he became ill. She was a virgin, and Amnon thought he could never have her.
- Nehemiah 9:27 So you handed them over to their enemies, who made them suffer. But in their time of trouble they cried to you, and you heard them from heaven. In your great mercy, you sent them liberators who rescued them from their enemies.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).