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Judges 1:34
“And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
לָחַץlâchats · law-khats'
H3905 · Hebrew
H3905 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to press, i.e. (figuratively) to distress
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- afflict, crush, force, hold fast, oppress(-or), thrust self.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּלְחֲצ֧וּ — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 19 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 3:9Exodus 22:20Exodus 23:9Numbers 22:25Numbers 22:25
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 לָחַץ 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.