לַחַץ

לַ֫חַץ noun masculine oppression, distress; — ׳ל absolute 1 Kong 22,27 (twice in verse) + 5 t.; construct 2 Kong 13,4 + 2 t.; suffix לַחֲצֵ֫נוּ5 Mos 26,4; Sl 44,25 — oppression of Israel 2 Mos 3,9 (E; + verb cognate), 2 Kong 13,4 compare 5 Mos 26,7 (|| עֳנִי, עָמָל) Sl 44,25 (|| עֳנִי); oppression of (i.e. by) an enemy, Sl 42,10; Sl 43,2 in general Job 36,15 ׅ || עֳנִי; ׳וּמַיִם ל ׳לֶחֶם ל 1 Kong 22,27 = 2 Kron 18,26 bread of oppression and water of oppression, i.e. prison-fare (> Klo scanty fare); compare ׳לֶחֶם צַר וּמַיִם ל Es 30,20, apparently of privations of a siege (compare Che Di Du; on the apposition in these passages see Ges^{«GKC:131»§ 131}. 2 (b) Kö^{iii, § 333 p.q.} Da^{Synt. § 29. e}).