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title: עָצֵב — toiler · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָצֵב (6092), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: toiler. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָצֵב

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«עָצֵב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **toiler** — 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:** 6092 · **BDB:** עָצֵב

### Glosses

laborers (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

toiler [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6092/#m1)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָצֵב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6092/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 58:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.58.3/)

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לָ֤מָּה צַּ֙מְנוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א רָאִ֔יתָ עִנִּ֥ינוּ נַפְשֵׁ֖נוּ וְלֹ֣א תֵדָ֑ע הֵ֣ן בְּי֤וֹם צֹֽמְכֶם֙ תִּמְצְאוּ־חֵ֔פֶץ וְכָל־עַצְּבֵיכֶ֖ם תִּנְגֹּֽשׂוּ׃

*Word for word:* why? have.we.fasted and not you.have.seen have.we.humbled? self our and not you.know there! on the.day your.fasting your you.find pleasure and all laborers your you.drive.hard

*JPS 1917:* 'Wherefore have we fasted, and Thou seest not? Wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and Thou takest no knowledge?' — Behold, in the day of your fast ye pursue your business, and exact all your labours.

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