BDB4400 [H3906]

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

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