מִ/צָּרָ֣ה

𐤌/𐤑𐤓𐤄

mitsarah

from trouble

feminine of צַר; tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival:; adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.

H6869

Proverbs 12:13 · Word #6

Lexicon H6869

Lemmaצָרָה
Lemma (Paleo)𐤑𐤓𐤄
Transliterationtsârâh
Strong'sH6869
In-contextfrom trouble

Morphology HR/Ncfsa 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 H6869-03

from constriction

Rootצרר (ṣ-r-r)
Core Meaningsto bind, to press, to be narrow, constriction, tightness, distress
Semantic Rangetightness, narrow straits, distress, trouble, affliction, adversity, anguish; sometimes a rival woman (as one who presses or opposes)
Conceptual SignificanceIn biblical thought, צָרָה depicts life experienced in a narrow, pressing place—circumstances of affliction that hem a person in. Deliverance "from constriction" often signifies YHWH’s act of bringing His people out from oppression into spacious relief, reinforcing themes of redemption and covenant faithfulness.
Morphological NotesPreposition מִן ("from") prefixed to a common feminine singular absolute noun צָרָה. No article; singular, feminine, abstract noun.
Rendering RationaleThe noun צָרָה derives from the root צרר, conveying the idea of tightness or pressing constraint. The prefixed מִן ("from") is preserved in the rendering, and the feminine singular absolute form is reflected by the singular abstract noun "constriction," maintaining the core image of narrow, pressing distress.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root צרר (to bind, to press, to be narrow, constriction, tightness, distress)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H6862-01 batsar in the narrow-place
H6869-01 batsarah in the tightness
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
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
H6869-04 mitsarato from his tightness-distress
H6862-12 mitsaray my constricting foes
H6862-13 mitsarayv from his constrictors
H6862-14 mitsareynu from our constrictors
H6862-15 tsar a constricting foe
H6869-05 tsarah a straitness
H6887-05 tsarar he has tightly bound
H6869-06 tsaratam their tightness-distress
H6869-07 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
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
H6869-08 tsarot constrictions
H6869-09 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
H6869-10 vetsarah and tight-distress
H6862-26 vetsaray and my constrictors
H6862-27 vetsarayv in his constrictors
H6862-28 vetsareyhem and their pressing foes
H6869-11 vetsarot and constrictions
H6869-12 vetsaroteykhem and your constricting distresses
H6862-29 vetsorerey and the pressers of

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
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