לַ֫חַץ noun masculine oppression, distress; — ׳ל absolute 1 Kings 22:27 (twice in verse) + 5 t.; construct 2 Kings 13:4 2t.; suffix לַחֲצֵ֫נוּDeuteronomy 26:4; Psalm 44:25; — oppression of Israel Exodus 3:9 (E; + verb cognate), 2 Kings 13:4 compare Deuteronomy 26:7 ("" עֳנִי, עָמָל) Psalm 44:25 ("" עֳנִי); oppression of (i.e. by) an enemy, Psalm 42:10; Psalm 43:2; in General Job 36:15 ׅ "" עֳנִי; ׳וּמַיִם ל ׳לֶחֶם ל 1 Kings 22:27 2Chronicles 18:26 bread of oppression and water of oppression, i.e. prison-fare (> Klo scanty fare); compare ׳לֶחֶם צַר וּמַיִם ל Isaiah 30:20, apparently of privations of a siege (compare Che Di Du; on the apposition in these passages see Ges^{§ 131}. 2 (b) Kö^{iii, § 333 p.q.} Da^{Synt. § 29. e}).