H6103

עַצְלָה

ats.lahH:N-F

sluggishness

sluggishness, laziness

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

עֵצְלָה noun feminine sluggishness; — ׳י Prov 19:15 dual intensive עֲצַלְתַּיִם Eccl 10:18 double (i.e. great) sluggishness (so Thes De and others; read then perhaps עֵצְלָתַיִם; > from עָצֵל a sluggish pair, i.e. hands Ew and others), but improbable; || שִׁפְלוּת יָדַיִם, whence Bi conjectures עֵצְלוּת, Siegf עֵצְלַת יָדַיִם.


2 occurrences

Proverbs (1), Ecclesiastes (1)