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עׇשְׁקָה

osh.qah

oppression

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Strong’s H6234Noun, feminine1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

oppression1

In the text

Isaiah 38:14עָשְׁקָה
I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עָשְׁקָה oppression, distress

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.