עצבון
Hebrew edit
| Root |
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| ע־צ־ב (ʿ-ṣ-b) |
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
עִצָּבוֹן • (itsavón) m (plural indefinite עִצְבוֹנוֹת, singular construct עִצְבוֹן־)
- (Biblical Hebrew or literary) worrisomeness, that is, labor or pain: sorrow, toil.
- Tanach, Genesis 3:16, with translation of the New International Version:
- אֶֽל־הָאִשָּׁה אָמַר הַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה עִצְּבֹונֵךְ וְהֵֽרֹנֵךְ בְּעֶצֶב תֵּֽלְדִי בָנִים וְאֶל־אִישֵׁךְ תְּשׁוּקָתֵךְ וְהוּא יִמְשָׁל־בָּֽךְ׃
- To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
Usage notes edit
- The excessive spelling (plene) עיצבון is a lot less common than the defective spelling עצבון, both are correct.