Lexical Summary lachats: oppression, distress Original Word: לַחַץTransliteration: lachats Phonetic Spelling: (lakh'-ats) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: oppression, distress Meaning: oppression, distress Strong's Concordance affliction, oppression From lachats; distress -- affliction, oppression. see HEBREW lachats Brown-Driver-Briggs H3906. lachats לַ֫חַץ noun masculine oppression, distress; — ׳ל absolute 1 Kings 22:27 (twice in verse) + 5 t.; construct 2 Kings 13:4 2t.; suffix לַחֲצֵ֫נוּDeuteronomy 26:4; Psalm 44:25; — oppression of Israel Exodus 3:9 (E; + verb cognate), 2 Kings 13:4 compare Deuteronomy 26:7 ("" עָמָל עֳנִי,) Psalm 44:25 ("" עֳנִי); oppression of (i.e. by) an enemy, 42:10; 43:2; in General Job 36:15 ׅ "" עֳנִי; ל ׳לֶחֶם ל ׳וּמַיִם 1 Kings 22:27 2 Chronicles 18:26 bread of oppression and water of oppression, i.e. prison-fare (> Klo scanty fare); compare ל וּמַיִם צַר ׳לֶחֶם Isaiah 30:20, apparently of privations of a siege (compare Che Di Du; on the apposition in these passages see Ges§ 131. 2 (b) Köiii, § 333 p.q. DaSynt. § 29. e). |