אַכְזָר

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H393

cruel — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

cruel tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אַכְזָר²: adj. cruel, fierce tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. cruel, fierce, of poison (רֹאשׁ) Dt 32:33; elsewhere of men, fierce Jb 41:2; as subst. = a cruel one Jb 30:21 (of God), La 4:3.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: cruel (2); become] (into) cruel (1); fierce (1).

In the verses

Deuteronomy 32:33 · tree →

חֲמַ֥ת תַּנִּינִ֖ם יֵינָ֑ם וְרֹ֥אשׁ פְּתָנִ֖ים אַכְזָֽר׃

Word for word: [is.the].venom of.serpents wine their and.[the] poison of.cobras cruel

JPS 1917: Their wine is the venom of serpents, and the cruel poison of asps.

Job 30:21 · tree →

תֵּהָפֵ֣ךְ לְאַכְזָ֣ר לִ֑י בְּעֹ֖צֶם יָדְךָ֣ תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי׃

Word for word: you.change.yourself into.[one] cruel to me with the.might your.hand your you are.hostile.towards.me

JPS 1917: Thou art turned to be cruel to me; with the might of Thy hand Thou hatest me.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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