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title: עַצְלוּת — indolence · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עַצְלוּת (6104), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: indolence. BDB 1906: n.f. id. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַצְלוּת

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«עַצְלוּת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **indolence** — 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:** 6104 · **BDB:** עַצְלוּת

### Glosses

of.laziness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

indolence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6104/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6104/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. id.;—לֶחֶם ע׳ Pr 31:27.

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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, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַצְלוּת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6104/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 31:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.31.27/)

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צ֭וֹפִיָּה הֲלִיכ֣וֹת בֵּיתָ֑הּ וְלֶ֥חֶם עַ֝צְל֗וּת לֹ֣א תֹאכֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* \[she.is\].watching.over the.goings her.household her and.\[the\] bread of.laziness not she.eats

*JPS 1917:* She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness.

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