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UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

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עֶצֶב

Strong’s: H6089

Associated OET lemmas: עֶצֶב

Authors: Steve Berneking

Form 1

Part of speech: nsm

Related lemmas: עצב

Sense 1: labour, toil, hard work

Semantic domains: Spasm (002001001056)

Core domains: Body (019)

Definition: = action by which humans have to make a strong physical effort to complete a specific task, for one's own benefit or in service to another

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

GEN: OET GEN 3:16

PSA: OET PSA 127:2

PRO: OET PRO 5:10 · OET PRO 10:22 · OET PRO 14:23

Sense 2: harsh words

Semantic domains: Unsafe (002003003021)

Core domains: Joy and Grief (093); Communication (041)

Definition: literally, a word of pain; therefore = communication that is cruel and that causes emotional pain or anguish

Collocations: דְּבַר־עֶצֶב

Show passage in OET: PRO 15:1

OET-RV PRO 15:1

15 A gentle answer turns fury away,
 ⇔ ^ but a hurtful reply makes people angrier.

OET-LV PRO 15:1

15 An_answer soft it_turns_away rage and_a_message_of hurt it_raises anger.

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Form 2

Part of speech: nsm

Related lemmas: עצב

Sense 1: pot, jar

Semantic domains: Containers (001004001003)

Core domains: Crafts (027); Storage (171)

Definition: = a container, ◄ usually made of clay, ► used to hold grain or liquid

Show passage in OET: JER 22:28

OET-RV JER 22:28

28 Is this man Yehoyakin a despised, shattered pot—
 ⇔ ≈ a jar that no one wants
 ⇔ Why will before hurled out along with his descendants,
 ⇔ and thrown into a country that they’re not familiar with?

OET-LV JER 22:28

28 A_pot despised smashed the_man the_this Konyāhū/(Coniah) or a_vessel which_there_is_not pleasure in/on/over_him/it why he and_offspring_of_his have_they_been_hurled_down and_have_they_been_thrown to the_earth/land which not they_knew.

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