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ʾūṣ אוּץ ‘to hasten’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

ʾūṣ v
1) to press, be pressed, make haste, urge, be narrow
 1a) (Qal)
  1a1) to press, hasten
  1a2) to be pressed, confined, narrow
  1a3) to hasten, make haste
  1a4) be narrow
 1b) (Hiphil)
  1b1) to urge, insist
  1b2) to hasten

Mentioned in Genesis 19:15 Exodus 5:13 Joshua 10:13, 17:15 Isaiah 22:4 Jeremiah 17:16 Proverbs 19:2, 21:5, 28:20, 29:20

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