H3906. lachats
לַ֫חַץ noun masculine oppression, distress; — ׳ל absolute [1Kin 22:27] (twice in verse) + 5 t.; construct [2Kin 13:4] [2]t.; suffix לַחֲצֵ֫נוּ[Deut 26:4]; [Psa 44:25]; — oppression of Israel [Exod 3:9] (E; + verb cognate), [2Kin 13:4] compare [Deut 26:7] (|| עָמָל עֳנִי,) [Psa 44:25] (|| עֳנִי); oppression of (i.e. by) an enemy, [42:10]; [43:2]; in General [Job 36:15] ׅ || עֳנִי; ל ׳לֶחֶם ל ׳וּמַיִם [1Kin 22:27] [2Chr 18:26] bread of oppression and water of oppression, i.e. prison-fare (> Klo scanty fare); compare ל וּמַיִם צַר ׳לֶחֶם [Isa 30:20], apparently of privations of a siege (compare Che Di Du; on the apposition in these passages see Ges§ 131. 2 (b) Köiii, § 333 p.q. DaSynt. § 29. e).