Proverbs 22:13:2Prov.22.13.W2TAB
עָ֭צֵל
atsel
“sluggard”
- Transliteration
- a-TSEL
- Extended
- AA-TSEEL
- IPA
- /ʕaː.ˈtseːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
a-MAR a-TSEL a-RI va-KHUTS
- sentence
a-MAR a-TSEL a-RI va-KHUTS be-TOkh re-KHO-VOT e-ra-tse-AKH
Exegesis
This is followed by the subject atsel {עָצֵל | ʿāṣēl} ‘sluggard,’ indicating a habitual idler.
Root and etymology
Rootʿ ṣ l
“sluggishness”
In context — Proverbs 22:13
The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside; I will be slain in the open squares .”
About this coordinate
Proverbs 22:13:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 22:13, so the Hebrew word עָ֭צֵל (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.22.13.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.22.13.W2.S1) and character.