מְצוּקָה (mĕṣûqâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning narrowness. It appears 7 times in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4691).

Also rendered

• distress

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1895e)

Root family 1895: צוּק ṣûq — I, constrain, press, bring into straits. Occurs only in the Hiphil

• צוּק ṣûq — constrain
• מָצוֹק māṣôq — straitness
• צוֹק ṣûqâ — constraint
• מוּצָק mûṣāq — constraint

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