עצבון

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Hebrew

Root
ע־צ־ב (ʿ-ts-b)

Alternative forms

Noun

עִצָּבוֹן • (itsavón) m (plural indefinite עִצְבוֹנוֹת, singular construct עִצְבוֹן־)

  1. (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.”
    • Tanach, Genesis 3:17:
    • Tanach, Genesis 5:29:

Usage notes

  • The excessive spelling (plene) עיצבון is a lot less common than the defective spelling עצבון, both are correct.

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