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title: אַכְזְרִיּוּת — cruelty · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אַכְזְרִיּוּת (395), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: cruelty. BDB 1906: n.f. cruelty, fierceness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אַכְזְרִיּוּת

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«אַכְזְרִיּוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **cruelty** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 395 · **BDB:** אַכְזְרִיּוּת

### Glosses

\[the\].cruelty (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

cruelty [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/395/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. cruelty, fierceness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/395/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. cruelty, fierceness, only א׳ חֵמָה וְשֶׁטֶף אָ֑ף pr 27:4 fierceness of rage and outpouring of anger.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 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, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אַכְזְרִיּוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/395/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 27:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.4/)

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אַכְזְרִיּ֣וּת חֵ֭מָה וְשֶׁ֣טֶף אָ֑ף וּמִ֥י יַ֝עֲמֹד לִפְנֵ֥י קִנְאָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].cruelty of.rage and.\[the\] flood of.anger and who? will.he.stand before jealousy

*JPS 1917:* Wrath is cruel, and anger is overwhelming; but who is able to stand before jealousy?

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