akh.za.ri describes merciless severity in hostile forces, discipline, and harmful human conduct.

The adjective denotes merciless severity, whether describing hostile attackers who show no mercy, a severe disciplinary blow, or conduct that brings harm. It is also applied to the coming day in Isaiah 13:9 and to persons or dispositions in Proverbs 11:17, Proverbs 12:10, Proverbs 17:11, and Proverbs 5:9.

1. Merciless severity in action or character · dominant

   The masculine singular absolute adjective marks a quality of pitiless severity. In Jeremiah 6:23 and Jeremiah 50:42, armed forces grasp bow and javelin, are said to show no mercy, and advance for battle; in Proverbs 11:17 it contrasts with kindness by characterizing the man who harms himself, while Proverbs 12:10 applies it to the wicked's compassions. Isaiah 13:9 places the same quality alongside wrath and fierce anger in the coming day.

   Jeremiah 6:23Jeremiah 50:42Proverbs 11:17Proverbs 12:10Proverbs 17:11Isaiah 13:9

In the Anselm Paraphrase: The APB uses "cruel" in each supplied verse, applying it to the coming day, discipline, armed attackers, a man, the wicked's compassions, a messenger, and a person who receives another's years. Because the APB is a whole-verse paraphrase rather than word-aligned, this repeated English wording confirms the clause-level presentation without fixing a separate English equivalent in every context.