צַ֣ר — Proverbs 24:10 Hebrew Word Study

צַ֣ר

𐤑𐤓

tsar

small

or צָר; from צָרַר; compare as in צֹר; narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, i.e. trouble); also a pebble ; (transitive) an opponent (as crowding); adversary, afflicted(-tion), anguish, close, distress, enemy, flint, foe, narrow, small, sorrow, strait, tribulation, trouble.

H6862

Proverbs 24:10 · Word #4

Lexicon `H6862`

Lemma	צַר
Lemma (Paleo)	𐤑𐤓
Transliteration	tsar
Strong's	H6862
In-context	small

Morphology `HAamsa` All morphology codes

Part of Speech	`A` — Adjective — Describes a noun
Subtype	`a` — Adjective — Adjective
Gender	`m` — Masculine — Masculine
Number	`s` — Singular — Singular
State	`a` — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 `H6862-15`

a constricting foe

Root	צרר (ts-r-r)
Core Meanings	to bind, to constrict, to press tightly, to besiege, to be narrow
Semantic Range	enemy, adversary, one who presses or opposes; narrow place; distress; anguish; affliction; straits; tightness (literal or figurative)
Conceptual Significance	In biblical thought, opposition and distress are portrayed as constriction—being hemmed in or pressed tight. A צַר is not merely an opponent but one who narrows a person’s space, symbolizing both external enemies and internal experiences of tribulation under divine testing or judgment.
Morphological Notes	Masculine singular adjective/noun in absolute or construct state (HAamsa/HAamsc). From root צרר (ts-r-r). Related verbal forms (e.g., Qal perfect 3ms) express the action "he pressed/constricted."
Rendering Rationale	The noun צַר (masculine singular) derives from the root meaning "to constrict or press tightly." Rendering it as "a constricting foe" preserves the concrete sense of pressure and narrowing inherent in the root while reflecting the masculine singular form indicated in the morphology (HAamsa/HAamsc).

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

Words from Root צרר (to bind, to constrict, to press tightly, to besiege, to be narrow)

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
`H6869-03`	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
`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 (110 occurrences of H6862)

Location	Form	Transliteration	Meaning
Genesis 14:20	צָרֶ֖י/ךָ	tsareykha	your enemies
Numbers 10:9	הַ/צַּר֙	hatsar	the adversary
Numbers 22:26	צָ֔ר	tsar	narrow
Numbers 24:8	צָרָ֗י/ו	tsarayv	his enemies
Deuteronomy 4:30	בַּ/צַּ֣ר	batsar	in distress
Deuteronomy 32:27	צָרֵ֑י/מוֹ	tsareymo	their adversaries
Deuteronomy 32:41	לְ/צָרָ֔/י	letsaray	to my adversaries
Deuteronomy 32:43	לְ/צָרָ֔י/ו	letsarayv	on His adversaries
Deuteronomy 33:7	מִ/צָּרָ֖י/ו	mitsarayv	against his adversaries
Joshua 5:13	לְ/צָרֵֽי/נוּ	letsareynu	for our adversaries
Judges 11:7	צַ֥ר	tsar	distress
1 Samuel 2:32	צַ֣ר	tsar	distress
1 Samuel 13:6	צַר	tsar	in distress
2 Samuel 22:7	בַּ/צַּר	batsar	in my distress
2 Samuel 24:13	צָרֶ֜י/ךָ	tsareykha	your foes
2 Samuel 24:14	צַר	tsar	distress
2 Kings 6:1	צַ֥ר	tsar	narrow
Isaiah 1:24	מִ/צָּרַ֔/י	mitsaray	of my adversaries
Isaiah 5:28	כַּ/צַּ֣ר	katsar	like flint
Isaiah 5:30	צַ֣ר	tsar	and distress
Isaiah 9:10	צָרֵ֥י	tsarey	adversaries of
Isaiah 11:13	וְ/צֹרְרֵ֥י	vetsorerey	and adversaries of
Isaiah 25:4	בַּ/צַּר	batsar	in distress
Isaiah 26:11	צָרֶ֥י/ךָ	tsareykha	your-enemies
Isaiah 26:16	בַּ/צַּ֣ר	batsar	in distress
Isaiah 30:20	צָ֖ר	tsar	of distress
Isaiah 49:20	צַר	tsar	too narrow
Isaiah 59:18	לְ/צָרָ֔י/ו	letsarayv	to his adversaries
Isaiah 59:19	צָ֔ר	tsar	narrow
Isaiah 63:9	צָ֗ר	tsar	adversary
Isaiah 63:18	צָרֵ֕י/נוּ	tsareynu	our adversaries
Isaiah 64:1	לְ/צָרֶ֑י/ךָ	letsareykha	to-your-adversaries
Jeremiah 30:16	צָרַ֥יִ/ךְ	tsarayikhe	your adversaries
Jeremiah 46:10	מִ/צָּרָ֔י/ו	mitsarayv	from-adversaries-his
Jeremiah 48:5	צָרֵ֥י	tsarey	distresses
Jeremiah 50:7	וְ/צָרֵי/הֶ֥ם	vetsareyhem	and their adversaries
Ezekiel 30:16	צָרֵ֥י	tsarey	adversaries
Ezekiel 39:23	צָרֵי/הֶ֔ם	tsareyhem	of-their-enemies
Hosea 5:15	בַּ/צַּ֥ר	batsar	in the distress
Amos 3:11	צַ֖ר	tsar	adversary
Micah 5:8	צָרֶ֑י/ךָ	tsareykha	your adversaries
Nahum 1:2	לְ/צָרָ֔י/ו	letsarayv	against-his-adversaries
Zechariah 8:10	הַ/צָּ֔ר	hatsar	the enemy
Psalms 3:2	צָרָ֑/י	tsaray	my adversaries
Psalms 4:2	בַּ֭/צָּר	batsar	in distress
Psalms 13:5	צָרַ֥/י	tsaray	my adversaries
Psalms 18:7	בַּ/צַּר	batsar	in my distress
Psalms 27:2	צָרַ֣/י	tsaray	my adversaries
Psalms 27:12	צָרָ֑/י	tsaray	of my enemies
Psalms 32:7	מִ/צַּ֪ר	mitsar	from trouble
Psalms 44:6	צָרֵ֣י/נוּ	tsareynu	our adversaries
Psalms 44:8	מִ/צָּרֵ֑י/נוּ	mitsareynu	from our enemies
Psalms 44:11	צָ֑ר	tsar	enemy
Psalms 59:17	צַר	tsar	of distress
Psalms 60:13	מִ/צָּ֑ר	mitsar	against the adversary
Psalms 60:14	צָרֵֽי/נוּ	tsareynu	our enemies
Psalms 66:14	בַּ/צַּר	batsar	in distress
Psalms 74:10	צָ֑ר	tsar	the adversary
Psalms 78:42	צָֽר	tsar	the enemy
Psalms 78:61	צָֽר	tsar	the enemy
Psalms 78:66	צָרָ֥י/ו	tsarayv	his adversaries
Psalms 81:15	צָ֝רֵי/הֶ֗ם	tsareyhem	their adversaries
Psalms 89:24	צָרָ֑י/ו	tsarayv	his adversaries
Psalms 89:43	צָרָ֑י/ו	tsarayv	his adversaries
Psalms 97:3	צָרָֽי/ו	tsarayv	his enemies
Psalms 102:3	צַ֫ר	tsar	of my distress
Psalms 105:24	מִ/צָּרָֽי/ו	mitsarayv	than his enemies
Psalms 106:11	צָרֵי/הֶ֑ם	tsareyhem	their enemies
Psalms 106:44	בַּ/צַּ֣ר	batsar	their distress
Psalms 107:2	צָֽר	tsar	of the adversary
Psalms 107:6	בַּ/צַּ֣ר	batsar	in their trouble
Psalms 107:13	בַּ/צַּ֣ר	batsar	in-the-distress
Psalms 107:19	בַּ/צַּ֣ר	batsar	in their trouble
Psalms 107:28	בַּ/צַּ֣ר	batsar	in the trouble
Psalms 108:13	מִ/צָּ֑ר	mitsar	from distress
Psalms 108:14	צָרֵֽי/נוּ	tsareynu	our oppressors
Psalms 112:8	בְ/צָרָֽי/ו	vetsarayv	his adversaries
Psalms 119:139	צָרָֽ/י	tsaray	my adversaries
Psalms 119:143	צַר	tsar	trouble
Psalms 119:157	וְ/צָרָ֑/י	vetsaray	and my adversaries
Psalms 136:24	מִ/צָּרֵ֑י/נוּ	mitsareynu	from our enemies
Proverbs 23:27	צָ֝רָ֗ה	tsarah	narrow
Proverbs 24:10	צַ֣ר	tsar	small
Job 6:23	צָ֑ר	tsar	of the enemy
Job 7:11	בְּ/צַ֣ר	betsar	in anguish
Job 15:24	צַ֣ר	tsar	distress
Job 16:9	צָרִ֓/י	tsari	my adversary
Job 19:11	כְ/צָרָֽי/ו	khetsarayv	his enemies
Job 36:16	צָ֗ר	tsar	distress
Job 38:23	צָ֑ר	tsar	of trouble
Job 41:7	צָֽר	tsar	tight
Lamentations 1:5	צָרֶ֤י/הָ	tsareyha	her adversaries
Lamentations 1:5	צָֽר	tsar	the adversary
Lamentations 1:7	צָ֗ר	tsar	of the adversary
Lamentations 1:7	צָרִ֔ים	tsarim	adversaries
Lamentations 1:10	צָ֔ר	tsar	the enemy
Lamentations 1:17	צָרָ֑י/ו	tsarayv	his adversaries
Lamentations 2:4	כְּ/צָ֔ר	ketsar	like an adversary
Lamentations 2:17	צָרָֽיִ/ךְ	tsarayikhe	your adversaries
Lamentations 4:12	צַ֣ר	tsar	foe
Esther 7:4	הַ/צָּ֛ר	hatsar	the enemy
Esther 7:6	צַ֣ר	tsar	adversary
Ezra 4:1	צָרֵ֥י	tsarey	enemies of
Nehemiah 4:5	צָרֵ֗י/נוּ	tsareynu	our enemies
Nehemiah 9:27	צָֽרֵי/הֶ֔ם	tsareyhem	of their adversaries
Nehemiah 9:27	צָרֵי/הֶֽם	tsareyhem-2	of their adversaries
1 Chronicles 12:18	לְ/צָרַ֗/י	letsaray	my enemies
1 Chronicles 21:12	צָרֶי/ךָ֮	tsareykha	your foes
1 Chronicles 21:13	צַר	tsar	in distress
2 Chronicles 15:4	בַּ/צַּר	batsar	in their distress

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Lexicon H6862

Morphology HAamsa All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 H6862-15

Words from Root צרר (to bind, to constrict, to press tightly, to besiege, to be narrow)

Word Usage (110 occurrences of H6862)

Lexicon `H6862`

Morphology `HAamsa` All morphology codes

SIBI-P1 `H6862-15`