צרה
Hebrew
Adjective
צָרָה • (tsará)
- feminine singular of צר
Noun
צָרָה • (tsará) f (plural indefinite צָרוֹת) [pattern: קַטְלָה]
- tragedy, trouble, misfortune, distress
Noun
צָרָה • (tsará) f (plural indefinite צָרוֹת, masculine counterpart צָר) [pattern: קַטְלָה]
- female equivalent of צר: enemy
Etymology 2
From Proto-Semitic *ṣ́arrat- (“co-wife”). Cognate with Akkadian 𒁮𒋰𒁀 (ṣerretum) and Arabic ضَرَّة (ḍarra).
Noun
צָרָה • (tsará) f (plural indefinite צָרוֹת) [pattern: קַטְלָה]
- co-wife, rival-wife, vexer
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Yevamot 1:1:
- חָמֵשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה נָשִׁים פּוֹטְרוֹת צָרוֹתֵיהֶן וְצָרוֹת צָרוֹתֵיהֶן מִן הַחֲלִיצָה וּמִן הַיִּבּוּם עַד סוֹף הָעוֹלָם.
- Fifteen [types of] women exempt their co-wives and the co-wives of their co-wives, [and so on] until the end of time, from chalitzah and from yibbum.
- a. 217 C.E., Mishnah, Yevamot 1:1:
Descendants
- → Aramaic: צָרָא (ṣārā, “co-wife”)
References
- H6869 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Anagrams
- צהר, רצה
Yiddish
Alternative forms
- צאָרע (tsore) – Soviet phonetic spelling
Etymology
From Hebrew צָרָה (tsará).
Noun
צרה • (tsore) f, plural צרות (tsores)
- tragedy, trouble, misfortune, distress
Derived terms
- צרהדיק (tsoredik), צרותדיק (tsoresdik)
- פֿאַרצרהט (fartsoret)
- אָנטאָן צרות (onton tsores)
Related terms
- צורר (tsoyrer)
Descendants
From the plural צרות (tsores):
- → Dutch: sores
- → English: tsuris
- → German: Zores
- → Hungarian: córesz