Hebrew verb · H3334
יָצַר
yatsaryaw-tsar'
be distressed
10 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: yâtsar
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3334is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3334
to press (intransitive), i.e. be narrow; figuratively, be in distress
The King James renders it: be distressed, be narrow, be straitened (in straits), be vexed.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
yatsar is rendered "be distressed". It stands 10 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Two of the uses stand in Judges, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 32:7In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
Genesis 32:7וַיֵּ֣צֶר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- and it was distress5
- and they caused distress1
- anyone will hinder1
- it will be distress1
- they are restricted1
- you will be cramped1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| יָצַר | yatsar | to form: formed | Uses62 |
| יָצַק | yatsaq | to pour: pour | Uses50 |
| יָצַב | yatsab | to stand | Uses48 |
| יָצַת | yatsath | to kindle | Uses29 |
| יָצַג | yatsag | to set | Uses16 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וַיֵּ֣צֶר1
- וַיֵּ֥צֶר1
- וַיֵּ֨צֶר1
- וַיָּצֵ֖רוּ1
- וַתֵּ֥צֶר1
- וַתֵּ֨צֶר1
- יֵ֣צֶר1
- יֵצַ֣ר1
- יֵֽ֭צְרוּ1
- תֵּצְרִ֣י1
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vqw3ms3Hc/Vqw3ms
- Hc/Vqw3fs2Hc/Vqw3fs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular2HVqi3ms
- Hc/Vhw3mp1Hc/Vhw3mp
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singular1HVqi2fs
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVqi3mp
Genesis
one use
In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.
- וַיֵּ֣צֶרvaiyetzerHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was distress
Judges
two uses
Wherever Israel marched out, the hand of the LORD was against them to bring calamity, just as He had sworn to them. So they were greatly distressed.
- וַיֵּ֥צֶרvaiyetzerHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was distress
The Ammonites also crossed the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was in deep distress.
- וַתֵּ֥צֶרvatetzerHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it was distress
1 Samuel
one use
And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
- וַתֵּ֨צֶרvatetzerHc/Vqw3fstagged: and it was distress
2 Samuel
one use
Amnon was sick with frustration over his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed implausible for him to do anything to her.
- וַיֵּ֨צֶרvaiyetzerHc/Vqw3mstagged: and it was distress
Nehemiah
one use
So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies.
- וַיָּצֵ֖רוּvaiyatzeruHc/Vhw3mptagged: and they caused distress
Job
two uses
His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
- יֵֽ֭צְרוּyetzeruverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they are restricted
In the midst of his plenty, he will be distressed; the full force of misery will come upon him.
- יֵ֣צֶרyetzerverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it will be distress
Proverbs
one use
When you walk, your steps will not be impeded; when you run, you will not stumble.
- יֵצַ֣רyetzarverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: anyone will hinder
Isaiah
one use
For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.
- תֵּצְרִ֣יtetzeriverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: you will be cramped
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.