Proverbs 20:4:2Prov.20.4.W2TAB
עָצֵ֣ל
atsel
“a sluggard”
- Transliteration
- a-TSEL
- Extended
- aa-TSEEL
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈtseːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- a sluggard
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-TSEL
- clause
ME-kho-ref a-TSEL LO-ya-kha-ROSH
- sentence
ME-kho-ref a-TSEL LO-ya-kha-ROSH yi-she-AL ve-sha-AL ba-ka-TSIR va-A-yin
Exegesis
The subject atsel {עָצֵ֣ל | ʿā-ṣēl} ‘lazy person’ is immediately negated by lo-yaharosh {לֹא־יַחֲרֹשׁ | lōʾ-yaḥărōš} ‘will not plow’, indicating refusal to prepare.
Root and etymology
ע־צ־ל
“to be sluggish, slothful”
In context — Proverbs 20:4
Because of the winter , the lazy person will not plow; he will ask and seek at harvest time, but there will be nothing .
About this coordinate
Proverbs 20:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 20:4, so the Hebrew word עָצֵ֣ל (atsel) 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.20.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.20.4.W2.S1) and character.