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Genesis 14:20

וּ בָרוּךְ אֵל עֶלְיֹון אֲשֶׁר מִגֵּן צָרֶיךָ בְּ יָדֶךָ וַ יִּתֶּן לֹו מַעֲשֵׂר מִ כֹּל

And he-who-is-kneeled is el of uppermost one, who has shielded your narrow-ones550 in your hand.` And he is giving to-himself a tenth one from the whole.


550

Strong’s #6862, tsar, adjective, narrow, tight. As a noun form it means generally adversary or foe, but specifically one who afflicts or distresses by compressing, tightening or making the way narrow...i.e. Egypt. See note on Gen. 32:24.