אַכְזָר

«אַכְזָר» in the Tanakh dictionary: cruel — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 4 times · Key: 393 · BDB: אַכְזָר²

Glosses

cruel (2); become].(into).cruel (1); fierce (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

cruel tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. cruel, fierce tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. cruel, fierce, of poison (רֹאשׁ) Dt 32:33; elsewhere of men, fierce Jb 41:2; as subst. = a cruel one Jb 30:21 (of God), La 4:3.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «אַכְזָר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Deuteronomy 32:33

חֲמַ֥ת תַּנִּינִ֖ם יֵינָ֑ם וְרֹ֥אשׁ פְּתָנִ֖ים אַכְזָֽר׃

Word for word: [is.the].venom of.serpents wine their and.[the] poison of.cobras cruel

JPS 1917: Their wine is the venom of serpents, and the cruel poison of asps.

Job 30:21

תֵּהָפֵ֣ךְ לְאַכְזָ֣ר לִ֑י בְּעֹ֖צֶם יָדְךָ֣ תִשְׂטְמֵֽנִי׃

Word for word: you.change.yourself into.[one] cruel to me with the.might your.hand your you are.hostile.towards.me

JPS 1917: Thou art turned to be cruel to me; with the might of Thy hand Thou hatest me.

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