Proverbs 19:15:1Prov.19.15.W1TAB
עַ֭צְלָה
atsala
“slothfulness”
- Transliteration
- A-tsa-la
- Extended
- AH-tsah-laa
- IPA
- /ʕatsˈlaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- slothfulness
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Lamed | l as in law | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
A-tsa-la
- clause
A-tsa-la ta-PIL tar-de-MA
- sentence
A-tsa-la ta-PIL tar-de-MA ve-NE-fesh re-MI-ya tir-AV
Exegesis
In the first clause, the noun atzlah {עַצְלָה | ʿaṣ-lāh} ‘laziness’ functions as subject of the Hiphil imperfect tappîl {תַּפִּיל | tappîl} ‘will bring down’, governing the object tardēmāh {תַּרְדֵּמָה | tardēmāh} ‘deep sleep’.
Root and etymology
ʿ-ṣ-layin–ṣade–lamed
“to be lazy, to idle”
In context — Proverbs 19:15
Laziness will bring on a deep sleep , and an idle soul will go hungry.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:15:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Proverbs 19:15, so the Hebrew word עַ֭צְלָה (atsala) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.19.15.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.15.W1.S1) and character.