Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to press (intransitive), i.e. be narrow; figuratively, be in distress
KJV Usage: be distressed, be narrow, be straitened (in straits), be vexed
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
יָצַר (ya.tsar) — be distressed. 1) to bind, be distressed, be in distress, be cramped, be narrow, be scant, be in straits, make narrow, cause distress, beseige 1a) (Qal) to suffer distress
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · יֹוצֵר · יֵצֶר · יְצֻרִים
Exist | verb qal, verb nif, verb pu'al, verb hof | ≈ ברא · עשׂה · פעל
to form, to fashion = causative action by which humans or deities create an object, ◄ described as an artisan shaping clay into an artifact
GEN 2:7 · GEN 2:8 · GEN 2:19 · PSA 33:15 · PSA 94:9 · PSA 95:5 · PSA 104:26 · PSA 139:16 · ISA 27:11 · ISA 29:16 · ISA 43:1 · ISA 43:7 · ISA 43:10 · ISA 43:21 · ISA 44:2 · ISA 44:9 · ISA 44:10 · ISA 44:12 · ISA 44:21 · ISA 44:24 · ISA 45:7 · ISA 45:9 · ISA 45:9 · ISA 45:11 · ISA 45:18 · ISA 45:18 · ISA 49:5 · ISA 54:17 · ISA 64:7 · JER 1:5 · JER 10:16 · JER 33:2 · JER 51:19 · AMO 4:13 · AMO 7:1 · HAB 2:18 · HAB 2:18 · ZEC 12:1
Happen | verb qal
to form, to frame literally: to form; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities cause a certain pattern of events to take place, ◄ described as an artisan shaping clay into an artifact
1 PSA 139:16 NJPS "in due time they (= my unformed limbs) were formed" = [1a] | RSV NRSV ESV "the days that were formed for me" NIV "the days ordained for me" = [1b] 2 JER 1:5 MT-K אצורך | MT-Q אֶצָּרְךָ
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
צָרַר vb. bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, cramped trans. Qal bind or tie up
Pu. tied up (mended by tying)
intrans. Qal be scant, cramped, in straits
Hiph. make narrow for, press hard upon, cause distress to
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