Original Language Studio
2 Samuel 13:2
“And Amnon was so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and Amnon thought it hard for him to do any thing to her.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
יָצַרyâtsar · yaw-tsar'
H3334 · Hebrew
H3334 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to press (intransitive), i.e. be narrow; figuratively, be in distress
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- be distressed, be narrow, be straitened (in straits), be vexed.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יֵּ֨צֶר — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 10 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 32:8Judges 2:15Judges 10:91 Samuel 30:6Nehemiah 9:27
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָצַר here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.