צָרָ֥ה
𐤑𐤓𐤄
tsarah
distress
feminine of צַר; tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:; adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.
Proverbs 1:27 · Word #10
Lexicon H6869
| Lemma | צָרָה |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤑𐤓𐤄 |
| Transliteration | tsârâh |
| Strong's | H6869 |
| In-context | distress |
Morphology HNcfsa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | f — Feminine — Feminine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
SIBI-P1 H6869-05
a straitness
| Root | צרר (ṣ-r-r) |
| Core Meanings | narrowness, tightness, constriction, binding, pressing |
| Semantic Range | narrowness, straits, distress, affliction, anguish, adversity; by extension a rival wife (one who causes distress) |
| Conceptual Significance | צָרָה expresses the experience of being hemmed in or pressed tight, whether by enemies, circumstances, or inner anguish. In the biblical narrative, such "straitness" often becomes the context in which individuals or Israel cry out to יהוה for deliverance, highlighting divine rescue from constriction into spaciousness. |
| Morphological Notes | Hebrew noun, common feminine singular absolute (HNcfsa). No article or pronominal suffix; abstract noun formed from the root צרר. |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun צָרָה is a feminine singular absolute form derived from the root צרר, which conveys the idea of tightness or constriction. "A straitness" preserves the imagery of being pressed into a narrow place, from which the figurative sense of distress or affliction develops, while reflecting the singular feminine noun form. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root צרר (narrowness, tightness, constriction, binding, pressing)
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H6862-01 |
batsar | in the narrow-place |
H6869-01 |
batsarah | in the tightness |
|
batsaratah | in her constriction-distress |
H6862-02 |
betsar | in tightness of |
H6869-02 |
betsarot | in constrictions of |
H6872-01 |
bitseror | in a bound bundle |
H6862-03 |
hatsar | the constricting adversary |
H6887-01 |
hatser | of his constriction |
H6887-02 |
hatsorer | the one pressing in |
H6862-04 |
katsar | like a constricting stone |
H6862-05 |
ketsar | like a constricting foe |
H6862-06 |
khetsarayv | his constricting foes |
H6887-03 |
kitseror | he bound tight |
|
letsarah | for tightness |
H6862-07 |
letsaray | to my constricting foes |
H6862-08 |
letsarayv | to his pressing foes |
H6862-09 |
letsareykha | to your pressers |
H6862-10 |
letsareynu | for our pressing foes |
H6887-04 |
metserah | constriction |
H6862-11 |
mitsar | from a strait-foe |
H6869-03 |
mitsarah | from constriction |
H6869-04 |
mitsarato | from his tightness-distress |
H6862-12 |
mitsaray | my constricting foes |
H6862-13 |
mitsarayv | from his constrictors |
H6862-14 |
mitsareynu | from our constrictors |
|
tsar | a straitening adversary |
H6862-15 |
tsar | a constricting foe |
H6887-05 |
tsarar | he has tightly bound |
H6869-06 |
tsaratah | her tight-pressing rival-woman |
H6869-07 |
tsaratam | their tightness-distress |
H6869-08 |
tsarati | my constriction |
H6862-16 |
tsaray | my constricting foes |
H6862-17 |
tsarayikhe | your pressers |
H6862-18 |
tsarayv | his constricting foes |
H6891-01 |
tsaretan | Narrowing-Place |
H6891-02 |
tsaretanah | toward Tsarethan (Narrow-Place) |
H6862-19 |
tsarey | pressing foes of |
H6862-20 |
tsareyha | her constricting foes |
H6862-21 |
tsareyhem | their pressers |
H6862-22 |
tsareykha | your pressers |
H6862-23 |
tsareymo | their pressers |
H6862-24 |
tsareynu | our pressers |
H6862-25 |
tsari | my constricting adversary |
H6869-09 |
tsarot | constrictions |
|
tsarotam | their constrictions |
H6869-10 |
tsarotayv | his constrictions |
H6887-06 |
tseraruni | they have hemmed me in |
H6888-01 |
tsereratah | Narrowing-Place |
H6872-02 |
tseror | a bound bundle |
H6887-07 |
tserurot | bound ones |
H6870-01 |
tseruyah | Wounded-Woman |
H6887-08 |
tsorer | the pressing foe |
H6887-09 |
tsoreray | my constrictors |
H6887-10 |
tsorereykha | your hemmers-in |
H6875-01 |
tsori | pressed-out balsam |
H6887-11 |
ukhehatser | and when he was hemmed-in |
H6874-01 |
utseri | and Tseri |
H6887-12 |
vahatseroti | and I caused-distress |
H6887-13 |
vehetsar | and-he-caused-distress |
H6869-11 |
vetsarah | and tight-distress |
H6862-26 |
vetsaray | and my constrictors |
H6862-27 |
vetsarayv | in his constrictors |
H6862-28 |
vetsareyhem | and their pressing foes |
H6869-12 |
vetsarot | and constrictions |
H6869-13 |
vetsaroteykhem | and your constricting distresses |
H6862-29 |
vetsorerey | and the pressers of |
|
yatsor | he will press tight |
Word Usage (73 occurrences of H6869)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis 35:3 | צָֽרָתִ֔/י | tsarati | of my distress |
| Genesis 42:21 | צָרַ֥ת | tsarat | distress |
| Genesis 42:21 | הַ/צָּרָ֖ה | hatsarah | this distress |