la.chats describes pressing against people, most often through hostile domination that brings them distress.

The occurrences chiefly describe hostile parties pressing down on Israel or other people, prompting cries for rescue or marking subjugation; the same verb also appears where a donkey presses Balaam's foot against a wall and where people are told to press a messenger at a door.

1. Pressing down through hostile force · dominant

   In Exodus 3:9, active participles identify Egyptians as those acting against Israel amid Israel's cry; in Judges 4:3, a Qal perfect describes Jabin's forceful treatment of the sons of Israel. The same hostile pressure appears in Psalm 106:42, where enemies act against them and they are brought low under their hand, and in Numbers 22:25, where the donkey presses Balaam's foot against the wall.

   Exodus 3:9Judges 4:3Psalm 106:42Numbers 22:252 Kings 6:32Amos 6:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly uses "oppress" or "oppressing" for hostile action against people; it uses "pressed" and "press" in the wall and doorway scenes. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings show the verse contexts rather than fixed English equivalents.