1. distress, trouble, anguish — A state of distress, trouble, or anguish, the feminine nominal form metsuqah. All three clusters are the same meaning with grammatical variation: plural construct with pronominal suffixes ('from-their-troubles', 'from-my-distresses') and conjunctive singular ('and-anguish'). The multilingual evidence confirms a single semantic core: English 'troubles/anguish/distresses', Spanish 'aflicciones/afliccion/angustias', Hindi 'kashton (कष्टों)/tangi (तंगी)/sankaton (संकटों)', Arabic 'diqatihim (ضيقاتِهِم)/karb (كَرْبٌ)/diqati (ضِيقَاتِي)', Korean 'gotongdeul (고통들)/gonggyeongdeul (곤경들)', Swahili 'shida-zao/msongo/shida-zangu'. Number (sg/pl), person (3mp/1cs), and prepositional differences do not create separate senses. 7×
AR["مِن-ضيقاتِهِم","مِنْ-ضِيقَاتِي","وَ-شِدَّةٍ","وَ-كَرْبٌ","وَ-مِن-ضيقاتِهِم"]·ben["আমার-কষ্ট-থেকে","এবং-তাদের-ক্লেশগুলি-থেকে","এবং-যন্ত্রণা","ও-যন্ত্রণার","তাদের-ক্লেশগুলি-থেকে"]·DE["[ומצוקה]","und-von-ihr-troubles","von-ihr-troubles","von-mein-distresses"]·EN["and-anguish","and-from-their-troubles","from-my-distresses","from-their-troubles"]·FR["de-angoisse","et-angoisse","et-de-angoisse","et-ומצוקה"]·heb["ו-מ-מצוקותיהם","ו-מצוקה","מ-מצוקותי","מ-מצוקותיהם"]·HI["उनकी-कष्टों-से","और-उनकी-कष्टों-से","और-कष्ट","और-तंगी","से-संकटों-मेरे"]·ID["dan-dari-kesusahan-mereka","dan-kesesakan","dari-kesusahan-mereka"]·IT["angoscia","e-angoscia","e-e-anguish"]·jav["lan-karibedan","lan-pakolet","lan-saking-panguripanipun","saking-kasusahan-kula","saking-panguripanipun"]·KO["곤경들-에서","그들-의-고통들-에서","그리고-고통-의","그리고-고통이","그리고-그들-의-고통들-에서"]·PT["das-minhas-aflições","de-suas-aflições","e-aflição","e-angústia","e-de-suas-aflições"]·RU["и-от-бед-их","и-тесноты","и-узость","из-бедствий-моих","от-бед-их"]·ES["de-mis-angustias","de-sus-aflicciones","y-aflicción","y-de-sus-aflicciones"]·SW["kutoka-shida-zangu","kutoka-shida-zao","na-kutoka-shida-zao","na-msongo","na-shida"]·TR["darlıklarımdan-","darlıklarından","ve-darlık","ve-darlıklarından","ve-darlığın"]·urd["-میری-تنگیوں-سے","اور-اُن-کی-تنگیوں-سے","اور-تنگی-کا","اور-مشکل","اُن-کی-تنگیوں-سے"]
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מְצוּקָה n.f. id.;—abs. צַר וּמ׳ Jb 15:24; יוֹם צָרָה וּמ׳ Zp 1:15; pl. sf., of י׳ delivering מִמְּצוּקוֹתַי ψ 25:17, מִמְּצוּקוֹתֵיהֶם etc., 107:6, 13, 19, 28.