מְצוּקָה
mᵉtsûwqâh · mets-oo-kaw'
narrowness, i.e. (figuratively) trouble
Lexicon
Derivation: or מְצֻקָה; feminine of H4690 (מָצוּק);
narrowness, i.e. (figuratively) trouble
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: anguish, distress.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to pursue the straight path › to fasten and establish › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to pursue the straight path that works to fasten and establish of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְצוּקָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- them out of their distresses3 · 43%
- and anguish1 · 14%
- of my distresses1 · 14%
- of their distresses1 · 14%
- and distress1 · 14%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.