עֶ֭צֶב
𐤏𐤑𐤁
etsev
toil
from עָצַב; an earthen vessel; usually (painful) toil; also a pang (whether of body or mind); grievous, idol, labor, sorrow.
H6089
Proverbs 14:23 · Word #2
Lexicon H6089
| Lemma | עֶצֶב |
| Lemma (Paleo) | 𐤏𐤑𐤁 |
| Transliteration | ʻetseb |
| Strong's | H6089 |
| In-context | toil |
Morphology HNcmsa
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Subtype | c — Common — Common noun |
| Gender | m — Masculine — Masculine |
| Number | s — Singular — Singular |
| State | a — Absolute — The noun stands independently |
SIBI-P1 H6089-01
hurtful-toil
| Root | עצב (ʿ-ṣ-b) |
| Core Meanings | pain, hurt, grief, toil, shaping, forming (especially of idols) |
| Semantic Range | pain, sorrow, grief, hardship, laborious toil, emotional anguish, physical suffering; by extension something shaped with effort (cf. idols from the same root in related forms). |
| Conceptual Significance | עֶצֶב captures the intertwining of emotional sorrow and burdensome labor in the human condition, especially in post-Edenic existence (cf. Genesis 3). It reflects a worldview in which suffering and toil are deeply connected, both physically and spiritually, and may also echo the painful effort involved in shaping idols, contrasting true worship with man-made objects. |
| Morphological Notes | Common masculine singular noun in the absolute state (HNcmsa); no pronominal suffix; functions as a singular concrete or abstract noun depending on context. |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun עֶצֶב derives from the root עצב, which conveys the ideas of pain, hurt, and grievous labor. "Hurtful-toil" preserves both the sense of inward pain and outward labor inherent in the root. The form is masculine singular absolute (HNcmsa), so the rendering remains a singular noun without suffixes or plural marking. |
AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)
Words from Root עצב (pain, hurt, grief, toil, shaping, forming (especially of idols))
| SILEX Code | Transliteration | SIBI-P1 |
|---|---|---|
H6091-01 |
atsabeyha | her fashioned-idols |
H6091-02 |
atsabeyhem | their carved-images |
H6091-03 |
atsabim | crafted-images |
H6087-01 |
atsebi | he pained me |
H6087-02 |
neetsav | he was pained |
H6087-03 |
teatsevu | you all will be pained |
H3258-01 |
yaebets | Sorrowful-One |
H6087-04 |
yeatsev | he will be pained |
Word Usage (7 occurrences of H6089)
| Location | Form | Transliteration | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis 3:16 | בְּ/עֶ֖צֶב | beetsev | in pain / with effort |
| Jeremiah 22:28 | הַ/עֶ֨צֶב | haetsev | the despised-thing |
| Psalms 127:2 | הָ/עֲצָבִ֑ים | haatsavim | of sorrows |