3905. lachats
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lachats: to squeeze, press, oppress
Original Word: לָחַץ
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: lachats
Phonetic Spelling: (law-khats')
Short Definition: oppressed

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to squeeze, press, oppress
NASB Translation
afflict (1), forced (1), hold the shut (1), oppress (2), oppressed (6), oppresses (1), oppressing (2), oppressors (3), pressed (2).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
לָחַץ verb squeeze, press, figurative oppress (Arabic ; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic SchwIdioticon 48 (with which NöM74 compare Mandean הלאצא, torture, NS. press together, urge, exert oneself); see also rare derivatives in Syriac PS1932); —

Qal Perfect ׳ל Judges 4:3 2t. etc.; Imperfect suffixיִלְחָצֵנִי Psalm 56:2; 3feminine singular וַתִּלְחַץ Numbers 22:25, etc.; Participle pluralלֹחֲצִים Exodus 3:9 2t., etc. —

1 squeeze, press: followed by accusative + אֶל Judges 1:34; Numbers 22:25b (J); followed by accusative + בְּ instrumental 2 Kings 6:32 shut the door and press him (back, out) with the door.

2 oppress: followed by accusative of person Exodus 22:20 (ׅ "" (הוֺנָה, Exodus 23:29 (both E), Psalm 56:2; of people Exodus 3:9 (E; + accusative of congnate meaning with verb), Judges 2:18; Judges 4:3; Judges 6:9; Judges 10:12; 1 Samuel 10:18; Amos 6:14; 2 Kings 13:4,22; Jeremiah 30:20; Psalm 106:42; absolute Isaiah 19:20

Niph`al Imperfect3feminine singular וַתִּלָּחֵץ Numbers 22:25a (J) squeeze oneself, of Balaam's ass, followed byאלהַֿקִּיר.



Strong's
afflict, crush, force, hold fast, oppressor, thrust self

A primitive root; properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to distress -- afflict, crush, force, hold fast, oppress(-or), thrust self.

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