H6735b H6735b
hinge, pivot (of a door)
This noun denotes the pivot or hinge on which a door turns. Proverbs 26:14 uses it in a vivid simile comparing a sluggard turning in bed to a door turning on its hinge—both rotate in place without going anywhere. The image perfectly captures futile activity: much motion, no progress. The Spanish 'gozne' preserves this technical meaning of the hardware that allows rotational movement.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The pivot or hinge mechanism that allows a door to swing open and closed. Proverbs 26:14 employs memorable imagery: 'As a door turns on its hinge, so a sluggard turns on his bed.' The comparison highlights purposeless rotation—the door swings but stays in its frame, just as the lazy person rolls over without rising. The hinge becomes a symbol of motion without progress. 1×
AR["مِحْوَرِهِ"]·ben["তার-কব্জায়"]·DE["[צירה]"]·EN["its-hinges"]·FR["sa-צירה-elle"]·heb["צירה"]·HI["कब्ज़े-पर"]·ID["engselnya"]·IT["its-hinges-sua"]·jav["engselipun"]·KO["돌콌-자기-의"]·PT["gonzos-seus"]·RU["петлях-своих"]·ES["su-gozne"]·SW["bawaba-yake"]·TR["menteşesinin"]·urd["قبضے-اپنے"]
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
† III. [צִיר] n.[m.] pivot (of door), hinge;—sf. הַדֶּלֶת תִּסּוֹב עַל־צִירָהּ Pr 26:14 (in ‖ of sluggard).