מֵצַר (mēṣar) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning straits. It appears
3 times
in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4712).
Also rendered
terror
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1973f)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1973f)straits, distress; tight, trouble; pain
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מֵצַרnoun, masculine: straits, distress
Strong's H4712מֵצַר: something tight, i.e. (figuratively) trouble KJV:distress, pain, strait.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 1973: יָצַרyāṣar — bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, cramped; tied up; in straits, make narrow, press hard, cause distress; press, be in distress; be distressed, be straitened, be vexed, adversary, afflict, affliction, beseige, distress…