Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #4712 - מֵצַר metsar (straits)

Original Word:	מֵצַר
Transliteration:	metsar
Definition:	straits, distress
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(may-tsar')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

distress, pain, strait

From qebah; something tight, i.e. (figuratively) trouble -- distress, pain, strait.

see HEBREW qebah

Englishman's Concordance

1) straits, distress
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H6896
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1973f

Brown-Driver-Briggs

מֵצַרnoun [masculine]straits, distress; — absolute מִןֿהַמֵּצַר קָרָאתִיPsalm 118:5; plural הַמְּצָרִיםLamentations 1:3the distresses, of conquered Judah; construct מְצָרֵי שְׁאוֺלPsalm 116:3the straits of Sheol, i.e. the worst possible ("" חֶבְלֵימָֿוֶת).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 4712. מֵצַר (metsar) — 3 Occurrences

Psalm 116:3
HEB:חֶבְלֵי־ מָ֗וֶת וּמְצָרֵ֣י שְׁא֣וֹל מְצָא֑וּנִי
NAS: encompassed me And the terrors of Sheol
KJV: compassed me, and the pains of hell
INT: the cords of death and the terrors of Sheol came

Psalm 118:5
HEB: מִֽן־ הַ֭מֵּצַ֥ר קָרָ֣אתִי יָּ֑הּ
NAS:From [my] distress I called
KJV: upon the LORD in distress: the LORD
INT: at From distress called the LORD

Lamentations 1:3
HEB:הִשִּׂיג֖וּהָ בֵּ֥ין הַמְּצָרִֽים׃ ס
NAS: her In the midst of distress.
KJV: overtook her between the straits.
INT: have overtaken the midst of distress

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