{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H3906",
  "lemma": "לַחַץ",
  "transliteration": "lachats",
  "definition": "distress",
  "kjv": "affliction, oppression.",
  "occurrences": 12,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H3905",
      "lemma": "לָחַץ",
      "transliteration": "lâchats",
      "meaning": "to press",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H3905"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "לַ֫חַץ n.m. oppression, distress"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 3:9",
      "text": "Now, behold, the cry of the children of Israel has come to me. Moreover I have seen the oppression with which the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/3?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 26:7",
      "text": "Then we cried to the LORD, the God of our fathers. The LORD heard our voice, and saw our affliction, our toil, and our…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/26?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 22:27",
      "text": "Say, ‘The king says, “Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/22?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 13:4",
      "text": "Jehoahaz begged the LORD, and the LORD listened to him; for he saw the oppression of Israel, how the king of Syria…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/13?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 30:20",
      "text": "Though the Lord may give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, yet your teachers won’t be hidden any…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/30?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 42:10",
      "text": "I will ask God, my rock, “Why have you forgotten me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/42?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 43:2",
      "text": "For you are the God of my strength. Why have you rejected me? Why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/43?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 44:25",
      "text": "Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/44?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Job 36:15",
      "text": "He delivers the afflicted by their affliction, and opens their ear in oppression.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/36?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Chronicles 18:26",
      "text": "and say, ‘The king says, “Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/18?v=26"
    }
  ],
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}