BDB4399
לָחַץ verb squeeze, press, figurative oppress (Arabic [untranscribed source text 2812]; Christian-Palestinian Aramaic [untranscribed source text 2813] SchwIdioticon 48 (with which NöM74 compare Mandean הלאצא, torture, NS. [untranscribed source text 2814] press together, urge, exert oneself); see also rare derivatives in Syriac PS1932); —
Qal
Perfect
׳
ל
Judg 4:3 + 2 t. etc.;
Imperfect suffixיִלְחָצֵנִי
Ps 56:2 3 feminine
singular וַתִּלְחַץ
Num 22:25, etc.;
Participle pluralלֹחֲצִים
Exod 3:9 + 2 t., etc. —
1.
squeeze, press: followed by accusative + אֶל
Judg 1:34; Num 22:25b (
J
); followed by accusative + בְּ instrumental 2Kgs 6:32 shut the door and press him
(back, out) with the door.
2.
oppress: followed by accusative of person Exod 22:20 (ׅ || (הוֺנָה,
Exod 23:29
(both
E
), Ps 56:2
of people Exod 3:9
(
E
; + accusative of cognate meaning with verb), Judg 2:18; Judg 4:3; Judg 6:9; Judg 10:12; 1Sam 10:18; Amos 6:14; 2Kgs 13:4; 2Kgs 13:22
; Jer 30:20
; Ps
106:42 absolute Isa 19:20
Niph`al
Imperfect 3 feminine singular וַתִּלָּחֵץ
Num 22:25
a (
J
) squeeze oneself, of Balaam's ass, followed byאלהַֿקִּיר.