H5192 H5192
weight, burden — the heaviness or load of something
This noun appears in Proverbs in a saying about the comparative weight of sand and stone versus a fool's provocation. The word means burden or weight, that which presses down. Paralleled with 'heaviness,' it emphasizes how physical weight is nothing compared to the exasperating burden of dealing with a fool. It's wisdom literature using concrete, measurable imagery to communicate emotional and relational reality.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A masculine construct noun meaning 'weight, burden' in Proverbs 27:3. The verse reads, 'A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty (literally: 'and the burden of sand'), but a fool's vexation is heavier than both.' The word נֵטֶל parallels כֹּבֶד (heaviness, weight), both emphasizing physical burden. The proverb uses tactile, measurable weight to express the far greater burden of suffering a fool's provocation. The noun derives from roots related to lifting or carrying. 1×
AR["وَ-حَمْلُ"]·ben["এবং-বোঝা"]·DE["[ונטל]"]·EN["and-burden-of"]·FR["et-ונטל"]·heb["ו-נטל"]·HI["और-बोझ"]·ID["dan-berat"]·IT["e-e-burden-di"]·jav["lan-momotan-saking"]·KO["그리고-무게"]·PT["e-carga-de"]·RU["и-груз"]·ES["y-carga-de"]·SW["na-mzigo-wa"]·TR["ve-yükü"]·urd["اور-وزن"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† נֵ֫טֶל n.[m.] burden, weight;—נ׳ cstr., of sand, Pr 27:3 (‖ כֹּבֶד).