מוּצַקmûwtsaq

constraint, distress (Isaiah 8:23; Job 36:16; Job 37:10)

Pronunciation: moo-tsak' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4164

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Job 36:16 “God is leading you away from danger, Job, to a place free from distress. He is setting your table with the best food.
  • Job 37:10 God’s breath sends the ice, freezing wide expanses of water.
  • Isaiah 9:1 Nevertheless, that time of darkness and despair will not go on forever. The land of Zebulun and Naphtali will be humbled, but there will be a time in the future when Galilee of the Gentiles, which lies along the road that runs between the Jordan and the sea, will be filled with glory.

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).