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עֶצֶב

Biblical Hebrew

pain — used 6 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

pain tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֶ֫צֶב: pain, hurt, toil tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] pain, hurt, toil;— ע׳ pain Gn 3:16 (of travail), Pr 10:22. hurt (of mind), דְּבַר־ע׳ Pr 15:1 a word that hurts (opp. מַעֲנֶה־רַךְ). toil Pr 14:23; pl. לֶחֶם הָעֲצָבִים ψ 127:2 bread of (gained by) toils; sf. עֲצָבֶיךָ Pr 5:10.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: hard labor (2); hard labors (1); of hurt (1).

In the verses

Proverbs 15:1 · tree →

מַֽעֲנֶה־רַּ֭ךְ יָשִׁ֣יב חֵמָ֑ה וּדְבַר־עֶ֝֗צֶב יַעֲלֶה־אָֽף׃

Word for word: an.answer soft it.turns.away rage and a.word of.hurt it.raises anger

JPS 1917: A soft answer turneth away wrath; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.

Proverbs 10:22 · tree →

בִּרְכַּ֣ת יְ֭הוָה הִ֣יא תַעֲשִׁ֑יר וְלֹֽא־יוֹסִ֖ף עֶ֣צֶב עִמָּֽהּ׃

Word for word: the.blessing of.Yahweh it it.makes.rich and not he.adds hard.labor with it

JPS 1917: The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and toil addeth nothing thereto.

On Mova

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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