H6101 H6101
to be sluggish, lazy; act with sloth
This Niphal verb means to be sluggish, lazy, or to show sloth in action. In Judges 18:9 the Danite spies urge their kinsmen not to be sluggish about going up to possess the land they have scouted. The verb characterizes hesitation or laziness that delays appropriate action. The Niphal reflexive suggests making oneself sluggish or allowing oneself to be inactive when action is required.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Used in Judges 18:9 where the spies tell their fellow Danites 'do not be sluggish to go' and possess the good land. The prohibition warns against laziness or hesitation when opportunity presents itself. Spanish 'seáis perezosos' (be lazy) and the verb root across languages all emphasize indolence or sloth. The context makes sluggishness culpable—they have seen the land's goodness and should act decisively. 1×
AR["تَتَكَاسَلُوا"]·ben["অলস-থাক"]·DE["sein-lazy"]·EN["be-lazy"]·FR["être-lazy"]·heb["תעצלו"]·HI["आलसी-करो"]·ID["malas"]·IT["essere-lazy"]·jav["males"]·KO["게으르지"]·PT["sejais-preguiçosos"]·RU["ленитесь"]·ES["seáis-perezosos"]·SW["wavivu"]·TR["tembel-olun"]·urd["سستی-کرو"]
Related Senses
H2896a 1. good (quality or moral) (305×)H7563 1. wicked person (259×)H7451c 1. moral evil or wickedness (234×)H5771 1. iniquity, sin, wrongdoing (222×)H6662 1. righteous person (substantive) (195×)G0266 1. sin, failure, transgression (173×)H2403b 1. sin, transgression (170×)H2617a 1. Covenant faithfulness, steadfast love (167×)H2398 1. Qal: to sin, commit sin (165×)H6666 1. righteousness, moral uprightness (145×)G5485 1. grace, divine favor (141×)H7451a 1. morally evil, wicked (129×)H2403b 2. sin-offering, sacrifice for sin (120×)G2570 1. good, right, excellent (98×)H6588 1. transgression, offense against God (88×)G0018 1. good (moral quality) (85×)H2896b 1. good, what is good (85×)H7451b 1. evil, wickedness (moral) (83×)H7451a 2. evil, harm, calamity (80×)G1342 1. righteous, upright (of persons) (70×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [עָצֵל] vb. Niph. be sluggish (NH in der. species, and deriv.; cf. Arabic عَظِلَ iii. stick fast in coitu, Lane2086; Syriac ܥܛܶܠ be stupid);—Impf. 2 mpl. אַל־תֵּעָֽצְלוּ לָלֶכֶת Ju 18:9 be not sluggish in going.