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title: אַכְזָרִי — cruel · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַכְזָרִי (394), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: cruel. BDB 1906: adj. cruel. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַכְזָרִי

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«אַכְזָרִי» 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 394 · **BDB:** אַכְזָרִי

### Glosses

a.cruel.\[person\] (2); \[are\].cruel (1); \[is\].cruel (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cruel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/394/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. cruel [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/394/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. cruel, always in this form;—Pr 12:10; 17:11 Je 6:23; 50:42, also 30:14 (read מוּסָר א׳, for MT מוּסַר, Gf Gie); as subst. Pr 5:9; 11:17, perhaps also, in appos. with יוֹם י׳, Is 13:9.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 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 «אַכְזָרִי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/394/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 12:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.12.10/)

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יוֹדֵ֣עַ צַ֭דִּיק נֶ֣פֶשׁ בְּהֶמְתּ֑וֹ וְֽרַחֲמֵ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים אַכְזָרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].knowing a.righteous.\[person\] the.life his.animals his and.\[the\] compassion(s) of.wicked.\[people\] \[are\].cruel

*JPS 1917:* A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

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[Proverbs 11:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.17/)

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גֹּמֵ֣ל נַ֭פְשׁוֹ אִ֣ישׁ חָ֑סֶד וְעֹכֵ֥ר שְׁ֝אֵר֗וֹ אַכְזָרִֽי׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].dealing.bountifully.with self his a.person of.loyalty and.\[is\] troubling body his a.cruel.\[person\]

*JPS 1917:* The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

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