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OSHB Psa 119:143 צַר (ʦar) Strongs=6862 b Lemma=‘צַר’
contextual word gloss=‘Anxiety’ word gloss=‘Trouble’
Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-444

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Other uses (6) of identical word form צַר (Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘צַר’ (Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 5 different glosses: ‘[is]_narrow’, ‘anxiety’, ‘distress’, ‘it_is_[too]_cramped’, ‘it_is_cramped’.

2 KI 6:1 contextual word gloss=‘it_is_[too]_cramped’ word gloss=‘small’ OSHB 2 KI 6:1 word 14

OET-LV: 6 and_ the _sons _of _they _said of_the _prophets to ʼElīshāˊ here please the_place where we are_dwelling there to_your_face it _is_too_cramped for_us. (KI2_6:1)

OET-RV: 6 One day, the prophets-in-training said to Elisha, “Please look, The place where we’re sitting to learn from you is too narrow to fit us all in. (KI2 6:1)

JOB 15:24 contextual word gloss=‘distress’ word gloss=‘distress’ OSHB JOB 15:24 word 2

OET-LV: 24 They_terrify _him distress and_trouble it_overpowers _him like_a _king ready for_battle. (JOB_15:24)

OET-RV: 24 They’re terrified by distress and anguish.
⇔ ≈ That dread overwhelms them like a king who’s ready for a battle. (JOB 15:24)

PROV 24:10 contextual word gloss=‘[is]_narrow’ word gloss=‘small’ OSHB PROV 24:10 word 4

OET-LV: 10 You _have _shown _yourself _without _courage in/on_day trouble is_narrow strength _of_your. (PRO_24:10)

OET-RV: 10 If you display a lack of courage when you have troubles,
⇔ → your strength is limited. (PRO 24:10)

ISA 5:30 contextual word gloss=‘distress’ word gloss=‘distress’ OSHB ISA 5:30 word 11

OET-LV: 30 And_it _will _growl on/upon/above_him/it in _the_day (the)_that like_the_growling _of the_sea and_someone _will _look to_land and_see/lo/see darkness distress and_light it _has _become _dark by_its _of_clouds. (ISA_5:30)

OET-RV: ⇔  30 They will roar above their prey on that day,
⇔ ≈ like the roaring of the ocean.
⇔ If someone looks across the land they’d only see darkness and distress.
⇔ ≈ The light has been darkened by the clouds. (ISA 5:30)

ISA 49:20 contextual word gloss=‘it_is_cramped’ word gloss=‘small’ OSHB ISA 49:20 word 6

OET-LV: 20 Yet they _will _say in_your _two’s _of_ears the _children _of your(pl)_bereavement(s)_of_of it _is _cramped to_me the_place draw_near to/for_me so_that _I _may _dwell. (ISA_49:20)

OET-RV: 20 ◙
⇔ …
⇔ … (ISA 49:20)

LAM 1:20 contextual word gloss=‘distress’ word gloss=‘distress’ OSHB LAM 1:20 word 4

OET-LV: 20 see Oh_YHWH if/because distress to_me parts _of_my _inward they _are _in _turmoil heart _of_my it _has _been _overturned in_my _inner _of_being if/because extremely _(be _rebellious) I _have _been _rebellious from_outside it _has _bereaved a _sword is_in_house like_death. (LAM_1:20)

OET-RV: 20 Look, O Yahweh, because I’m engulfed—my stomach churns.
⇔ My heart is undone within me, because I’ve disobeyed grievously.
⇔ Out in the street, the sword bereaves.
⇔ Inside the house, there’s death. (LAM 1:20)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘Lemma=‘צַר’’ have 11 different glosses: ‘[is]_narrow’, ‘[the]_distress_of’, ‘[when]_it_is_distress’, ‘a_foe’, ‘anxiety’, ‘distress’, ‘foe’, ‘it_is_[too]_cramped’, ‘it_is_cramped’, ‘it_is_distress’, ‘it_was_distress’.

Hebrew words (6) other than צַר (Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) with a gloss related to ‘anxiety’

JOS 22:24 מִדְּאָגָה (middəʼāgāh) Lemmas=‘מִן’, ‘דְּאָגָה’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘from, anxiety’ morpheme glosses=‘from, fear’ OSHB JOS 22:24 word 3

OET-LV: 24 And_if not from_anxiety from_a _matter we _have _done DOM this to_say tomorrow they _will _say descendants _of_your(pl) to_our _of_descendants to_say what is_to_you(pl) and_to_YHWH the _god _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel). (JOS_22:24)

OET-RV: 24 But no, we did it because we foresaw a potential problem: what if in the future, your descendants ask our descendants over here on this side of the river, ‘What do you lot have to do with Yisrael’s god Yahweh? (JOS 22:24)

PROV 12:25 דְּאָגָה (dəʼāgāh) Lemma=‘דְּאָגָה’ contextual word gloss=‘anxiety’ word gloss=‘anxiety’ OSHB PROV 12:25 word 1

OET-LV: 25 Anxiety in_the_heart _of a _person it_bows _it _down and_a _message good it_makes _it _glad. (PRO_12:25)

OET-RV: 25 A person who’s full of anxiety gets weighed down by it,
⇔ ^ but good news cheers them up. (PRO 12:25)

JER 49:23 דְּאָגָה (dəʼāgāh) Lemma=‘דְּאָגָה’ contextual word gloss=‘anxiety’ word gloss=‘troubled’ OSHB JER 49:23 word 11

OET-LV: 23 of_Dammeseq Ḩₐmāt it _will _be _ashamed and_ʼArpād if/because new[s] bad they _have _heard they _will _melt _away is_in_sea anxiety to _be _quiet not it _will _be _able. (JER_49:23)

OET-RV: 23 ◙ (JER 49:23)

EZE 4:16 וּבִדְאָגָה (ūⱱidʼāgāh) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘בְּ’, ‘דְּאָגָה’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, in, anxiety’ morpheme glosses=‘and, in / on / at / with, anxiety’ OSHB EZE 4:16 word 13

OET-LV: 16 and_he/it _said to_me Oh _son _of humankind here_I am_about _to _break the_staff _of bread in_Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) and_they _will _eat bread by_weight and_in_anxiety and_water by_measure and_in_horror they _will _drink. (EZE_4:16)

OET-RV: 16 Then he told me, “Humanity’s child, listen. I’m breaking the cycle of food supply in Yerushalem, and they’ll eat bread while anxiously rationing it, and drink water while fearfully rationing it, (EZE 4:16)

EZE 12:18 וּבִדְאָגָה (ūⱱidʼāgāh) Lemmas=‘וְ’, ‘בְּ’, ‘דְּאָגָה’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘and, in, anxiety’ morpheme glosses=‘and, in / on / at / with, anxiety’ OSHB EZE 12:18 word 8

OET-LV: 18 Oh _son _of humankind food _of_your in_quaking you _will _eat and_your(pl)_of_water in_trembling and_in_anxiety you _will _drink. (EZE_12:18)

OET-RV: 18 “Humanity’s child, eat your food while trembling with fear, and drink your water while shaking anxiously, (EZE 12:18)

EZE 12:19 בִּדְאָגָה (bidʼāgāh) Lemmas=‘בְּ’, ‘דְּאָגָה’ contextual morpheme glosses=‘in, anxiety’ morpheme glosses=‘in / on / at / with, anxiety’ OSHB EZE 12:19 word 15

OET-LV: 19 And_you _will _say to the _people _of the_earth/land thus my_master he _says YHWH of_ of _Yərūshālam/(Jerusalem) _the _inhabitants _of concerning the _land _of Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) food _of_their in_anxiety they _will _eat and_their _of_water in_horror they _will _drink so _that it _may _be _desolate land _of_its from_its _of_fullness from_the _violence _of all _of the_inhabitants in_it. (EZE_12:19)

OET-RV: 19 and tell the people in this country, ‘My master Yahweh says this about the inhabitants of Yerushalem, and the country of Yisrael, “They’ll anxiously eat their food and fearfully drink their water, since all the abundance from the land will be devastated because of the violence of all the people who live there. (EZE 12:19)