Lexical Summary metsar: straits, distress Original Word: מֵצַרTransliteration: metsar Phonetic Spelling: (may-tsar') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: straits, distress Meaning: something tight, trouble Strong's Concordance distress, pain, strait From qebah; something tight, i.e. (figuratively) trouble -- distress, pain, strait. see HEBREW qebah Brown-Driver-Briggs H4712. metsar מֵצַר noun [masculine] straits, distress; — absolute קָרָאתִי הַמֵּצַר מִןֿ Psalm 118:5; plural הַמְּצָרִים Lamentations 1:3 the distresses, of conquered Judah; construct שְׁאוֺל מְצָרֵי Psalm 116:3 the straits of Sheol, i.e. the worst possible ("" חֶבְלֵימָֿוֶת). |