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title: עָצֵל — be sluggish · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָצֵל (6101), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be sluggish. BDB 1906: vb. be sluggish. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָצֵל

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«עָצֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be sluggish** — 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:** 6101 · **BDB:** עָצֵל

### Glosses

hesitate (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be sluggish [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6101/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be sluggish [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6101/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be sluggish (NH in der. species, and deriv.; cf. Arabic عَظِلَ iii. stick fast in coitu, Lane2086; Syriac ܥܛܶܠ be stupid);—Impf. 2 mpl. אַל־תֵּעָֽצְלוּ לָלֶכֶת Ju 18:9 be not sluggish in going.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עָצֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6101/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Judges 18:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.18.9/)

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וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ ק֚וּמָה וְנַעֲלֶ֣ה עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם כִּ֤י רָאִ֙ינוּ֙ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְהִנֵּ֥ה טוֹבָ֖ה מְאֹ֑ד וְאַתֶּ֣ם מַחְשִׁ֔ים אַל־תֵּעָ֣צְל֔וּ לָלֶ֥כֶת לָבֹ֖א לָרֶ֥שֶׁת אֶת־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and they.said arise and let.us.go.up on them (dm) we.have.seen (et) the land and there! \[it.is\].good very and you \[are.being\].inactive do.not hesitate to go to go to take.possession.of (et) the land

*JPS 1917:* And they said: 'Arise, and let us go up against them; for we have seen the land, and, behold, it is very good; and are ye still? be not slothful to go and to enter in to possess the land.

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