---
title: עֶצֶב — pain · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֶצֶב (lemma:עֶצֶב), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: pain. BDB 1906: pain, hurt, toil. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e2_5b6_5e6_5b6_5d1.html)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1506-5.md)‎ / עֶצֶב‎

<!-- .hw dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
# עֶצֶב

<!-- .meta -->
«עֶצֶב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **pain** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** lemma:עֶצֶב · **BDB:** עֶ֫צֶב

### Glosses

hard.labor (2); hard.labors (1); of.hurt (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

pain [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b6_5e6_5b6_5d1/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pain, hurt, toil [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b6_5e6_5b6_5d1/#m2)

<!-- fold -->
**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] pain, hurt, toil;— ע׳ pain Gn 3:16 (of travail), Pr 10:22. hurt (of mind), דְּבַר־ע׳ Pr 15:1 a word that hurts (opp. מַעֲנֶה־רַךְ). toil Pr 14:23; pl. לֶחֶם הָעֲצָבִים ψ 127:2 bread of (gained by) toils; sf. עֲצָבֶיךָ Pr 5:10.

<!-- .note -->
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֶצֶב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b6_5e6_5b6_5d1/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Proverbs 15:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.1/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
מַֽעֲנֶה־רַּ֭ךְ יָשִׁ֣יב חֵמָ֑ה וּדְבַר־עֶ֝֗צֶב יַעֲלֶה־אָֽף׃

*Word for word:* an.answer soft it.turns.away rage and a.word of.hurt it.raises anger

*JPS 1917:* A soft answer turneth away wrath; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- div verse -->

<!-- .ref -->
[Proverbs 10:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.22/)

<!-- .vt dir=rtl lang=hbo -->
בִּרְכַּ֣ת יְ֭הוָה הִ֣יא תַעֲשִׁ֑יר וְלֹֽא־יוֹסִ֖ף עֶ֣צֶב עִמָּֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* the.blessing of.Yahweh it it.makes.rich and not he.adds hard.labor with it

*JPS 1917:* The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and toil addeth nothing thereto.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [עָצֵב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/6092.md)
- next →: [עָצַב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e6_5b7_5d1.md)
- ↑ back to [ע](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1506-5.md)