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title: אַכְזָר — cruel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַכְזָר (393), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: cruel. BDB 1906: adj. cruel, fierce. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַכְזָר

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«אַכְזָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cruel** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 393 · **BDB:** אַכְזָר²

### Glosses

cruel (2); become\].(into).cruel (1); fierce (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cruel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/393/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. cruel, fierce [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/393/#m2)

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**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.

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַכְזָר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/393/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 32:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.32.33/)

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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.

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[Job 30:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.30.21/)

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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.

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