אַכְזָרִי

«אַכְזָרִי» 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: 8 times · Key: 394 · BDB: אַכְזָרִי

Glosses

a.cruel.[person] (2); [are].cruel (1); [is].cruel (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

cruel tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. cruel tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. cruel, always in this form;—Pr 12:10; 17:11 Je 6:23; 50:42, also 30:14 (read מוּסָר א׳, for MT מוּסַר, Gf Gie); as subst. Pr 5:9; 11:17, perhaps also, in appos. with יוֹם י׳, Is 13:9.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 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 «אַכְזָרִי» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 12:10

יוֹדֵ֣עַ צַ֭דִּיק נֶ֣פֶשׁ בְּהֶמְתּ֑וֹ וְֽרַחֲמֵ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים אַכְזָרִֽי׃

Word for word: [is].knowing a.righteous.[person] the.life his.animals his and.[the] compassion(s) of.wicked.[people] [are].cruel

JPS 1917: A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

Proverbs 11:17

גֹּמֵ֣ל נַ֭פְשׁוֹ אִ֣ישׁ חָ֑סֶד וְעֹכֵ֥ר שְׁ֝אֵר֗וֹ אַכְזָרִֽי׃

Word for word: [is].dealing.bountifully.with self his a.person of.loyalty and.[is] troubling body his a.cruel.[person]

JPS 1917: The merciful man doeth good to his own soul; but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

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