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title: נֵטֶל — burden · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נֵטֶל (5192), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: burden. BDB 1906: burden, weight. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נֵטֶל

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«נֵטֶל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **burden** — 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:** 5192 · **BDB:** נֵ֫טֶל

### Glosses

the.burden (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

burden [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5192/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

burden, weight [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5192/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] burden, weight;—נ׳ cstr., of sand, Pr 27:3 (‖ כֹּבֶד).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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 (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נֵטֶל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5192/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 27:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.3/)

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כֹּֽבֶד־אֶ֭בֶן וְנֵ֣טֶל הַח֑וֹל וְכַ֥עַס אֱ֝וִ֗יל כָּבֵ֥ד מִשְּׁנֵיהֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* \[the\].weight of.a.stone and the.burden of.(the) sand and.\[the\] provocation of.a.fool \[is\].heavy more than both.of.them

*JPS 1917:* A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's vexation is heavier than they both.

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