בַּצָּרָה
ṣārâ
dearth
Strong's H6869NounHebrewTWOT 1974b

בַּצָּרָה (ṣārâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning dearth. It appears 73 times in 21 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H6869).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1974b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1974b)vexer, rival; tightness, trouble; adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

צָרָה noun, feminine: vexer, rival

vexer, rival-wife

Strong's H6869 צָרָה: tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival
KJV:adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble.

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 1974: צָרַר ṣārar — shew hostility toward, vex; cramp; adversary, afflict, affliction, beseige, bind, distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait

See it in Scripture

Genesis 35:3Deuteronomy 31:17Judges 10:14

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