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title: עָצֵל — Tanakh dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «עָצֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: sluggish. Every English meaning with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# עָצֵל

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«עָצֵל‎» in the Tanakh dictionary: its 3 English meanings, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its verses: [עָצֵל‎ in the Tanakh dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6102.md).

## Meaning (OSHB) {#m1}

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sluggish

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:6102:m1:1
# text = sluggish
1	sluggish	sluggish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Meaning (BDB 1906) {#m2}

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adj. sluggish, lazy

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:6102:m2:1
# text = adj. sluggish, lazy
1	adj	adj	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
3	sluggish	sluggish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## MACULA's glosses {#m3}

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a sluggard; O sluggard; of a sluggard

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:tanakh:6102:m3:1
# text = a sluggard; O sluggard; of a sluggard
1	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sluggard	sluggard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	O	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	5	case	_	_
5	sluggard	sluggard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sluggard	sluggard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**Text:** the English meanings of the Tanakh dictionary: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 (public domain, via Sefaria) as their short meanings, and MACULA Hebrew's glosses (CC BY 4.0) when they read as English; the whole entries, dense with abbreviations and Hebrew, are not parsed. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Trees and frames: Elamur Cosmic License.

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