This noun describes the character quality and practical consequence of being lazy. Proverbs 19:15 warns that such sluggishness casts one into deep sleep—metaphorically, into poverty and helplessness. Ecclesiastes 10:18 uses an intensive dual form to describe how extreme laziness causes a house to sag and leak. The word captures both the moral failing and its inevitable physical consequences in a society where diligence was essential for survival.