Proverbs 6:9:2Prov.6.9.W2TAB
עָצֵ֥ל
atsel
“lazy one or sluggard”
- Transliteration
- a-TSEL
- Extended
- aa-TSEHL
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈtseːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- lazy one or 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
- phraseyour reading level
a-TSEL tish-ke-VAV
- clause
ad-ma-TAI a-TSEL tish-ke-VAV
- sentence
ad-ma-TAI a-TSEL tish-ke-VAV ma-TAI ta-KUM mish-she-na-TE-kha
Exegesis
It immediately follows with the vocative atsel {עָצֵ֥ל | ʿā-ṣēl} ‘sluggard,’ directly addressing the idle addressee.
Root and etymology
ʿ-ṣ-lʿ-ṣ-l
“to be sluggish, lazy”
In context — Proverbs 6:9
Until when, O sluggard , will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep ?
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:9:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 6:9, so the Hebrew word עָצֵ֥ל (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.6.9.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.9.W2.S1) and character.