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title: עַצְלָה — sluggishness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַצְלָה (6103), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: sluggishness. BDB 1906: n.f. sluggishness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַצְלָה

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«עַצְלָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sluggishness** — 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:** 6103 · **BDB:** עַצְלָה

### Glosses

laziness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sluggishness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6103/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. sluggishness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6103/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. sluggishness;—ע׳ Pr 19:15; du. intens. עֲצַלְתַּיִם Ec 10:18 double (i.e. great) sluggishness (so Thes De al.; read then perhaps עַצְלָתַיִם; \> from עָצֵל a sluggish pair, i.e. hands Ew al.), but improb.; ‖ שִׁפְלוּת יָדַיִם, whence Bi conj. עַצְלוּת, Siegf עַצְלַת יָדַיִם.

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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 (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַצְלָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6103/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 19:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.19.15/)

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עַ֭צְלָה תַּפִּ֣יל תַּרְדֵּמָ֑ה וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ רְמִיָּ֣ה תִרְעָֽב׃

*Word for word:* laziness it.makes.fall deep.sleep and a.person of.slackness he.will.be.hungry

*JPS 1917:* Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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