# H3334 יָצַר

יָצַר (yâtsar), Strong’s H3334: to press (intransitive), i.e. be narrow; figuratively, be in distress KJV: be distressed, be narrow, be straitened (in straits), be vexed.. Occurs 10 times.

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*yâtsar* — to press (intransitive), i.e. be narrow; figuratively, be in distress

KJV: be distressed, be narrow, be straitened (in straits), be vexed.

Occurs 10 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- צָרַר vb. bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, cramped
- A trans.
- Qal bind or tie up
- Pu. tied up (mended by tying)
- B intrans.
- Qal be scant, cramped, in straits
- Hiph. make narrow for, press hard upon, cause distress to

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 32:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/32?v=8) — Then Jacob was greatly afraid and was distressed. He divided the people who were with him, along with the flocks, the…
- [Judges 2:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/2?v=15) — Wherever they went out, the LORD’s hand was against them for evil, as the LORD had spoken, and as the LORD had sworn to…
- [Judges 10:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/10?v=9) — The children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house…
- [1 Samuel 30:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/30?v=6) — David was greatly distressed, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the souls of all the people were grieved…
- [2 Samuel 13:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/13?v=2) — Amnon was so troubled that he became sick because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed hard to…
- [Isaiah 49:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/49?v=19) — “For, as for your waste and your desolate places, and your land that has been destroyed, surely now that land will be…
- [Proverbs 4:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/4?v=12) — When you go, your steps will not be hampered. When you run, you will not stumble.
- [Job 18:7](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/18?v=7) — The steps of his strength will be shortened. His own counsel will cast him down.
- [Job 20:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/20?v=22) — In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will overtake him. The hand of everyone who is in misery will come on him.
- [Nehemiah 9:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/9?v=27) — Therefore you delivered them into the hand of their adversaries, who distressed them. In the time of their trouble…