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Be distressed

יָצַרStrong’s H3334

yatsar (ya-tsar)

Appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Yatsar is the Hebrew word usually translated “it was distress”, “caused distress” and “are restricted”. It appears in 10 verses of the Old Testament.

“Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;”
Genesis 32:7 KJV
Meaning
  1. To bind, be distressed, be in distress, be cramped, be narrow, be scant, be in straits, make narrow, cause distress, beseige(Qal) to suffer distress
How it's translated
  • and it was distress 5
  • and they caused distress 1
  • they are restricted 1
  • it will be distress 1
  • anyone will hinder 1
  • you will be cramped 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Judges 2
  • Job 2
  • Genesis 1
  • 1 Samuel 1
  • 2 Samuel 1
  • Nehemiah 1

8 books in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

יָצַר yatsar · be distressed

1) to bind, be distressed, be in distress, be cramped, be narrow, be scant, be in straits, make narrow, cause distress, beseige 1a) (Qal) to suffer distress

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.