עָצֵל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6102

sluggish — used 14 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

sluggish tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָצֵל²: adj. sluggish, lazy tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. sluggish, lazy;—always ע׳ abs.;—אִישׁ־ע׳ Pr 24:30; elsewhere subst. sluggard Pr 6:6, 9 + 10 times Pr + הֶע׳ 10:26.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a sluggard (8); O sluggard (2); of a sluggard (2).

In the verses

Proverbs 6:6 · tree →

לֵֽךְ־אֶל־נְמָלָ֥ה עָצֵ֑ל רְאֵ֖ה דְרָכֶ֣יהָ וַחֲכָֽם׃

Word for word: go to an.ant O.sluggard consider ways its and become.wise

JPS 1917: Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise;

Proverbs 6:9 · tree →

עַד־מָתַ֖י עָצֵ֥ל ׀ תִּשְׁכָּ֑ב מָ֝תַ֗י תָּק֥וּם מִשְּׁנָתֶֽךָ׃

Word for word: until when? O.sluggard will.you.lie.down when? will.you.rise from sleep your

JPS 1917: How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

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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