Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #6103 - עַצְלָה atslah (sluggishness)

Original Word:	עַצְלָה
Transliteration:	atslah
Definition:	sluggishness
Part of Speech:	Noun Feminine
Phonetic Spelling:	(ats-law')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

slothfulness

Feminine of atsel; (as abstractly) indolence -- slothfulness.

see HEBREW atsel

Englishman's Concordance

1) sluggishness, laziness
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H6102
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1672b

Brown-Driver-Briggs

עֵצְלָהnoun femininesluggishness; — ׳יProverbs 19:15; dual intensive עֲצַלְתַּיִםEcclesiastes 10:18double (i.e. great) sluggishness (so Thes De and others; read then perhaps עֵצְלָתַיִם; > from עָצֵלa sluggish pair, i.e. hands Ew and others), but improbable; "" שִׁפְלוּת יָדַיִם, whence Bi conjectures עֵצְלוּת, Siegf עֵצְלַת יָדַיִם.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 6103. עַצְלָה (atslah) — 2 Occurrences

Proverbs 19:15
HEB: עַ֭צְלָה תַּפִּ֣יל תַּרְדֵּמָ֑ה
NAS:Laziness casts into a deep sleep,
KJV:Slothfulness casteth
INT:Laziness casts A deep

Ecclesiastes 10:18
HEB: בַּעֲצַלְתַּ֖יִם יִמַּ֣ךְ הַמְּקָרֶ֑ה
NAS:Through indolence the rafters sag,
KJV:By much slothfulness the building
INT:indolence sag the rafters

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