Lexicon
עָצֵב
a.tsev
H6092
H:N-M Hebrew

worker

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a.tsev denotes workers who are oppressed in the setting of a fast.

The attested use identifies workers as the people oppressed on the day of a fast in Isaiah 58:3.

Senses in use

  1. Workers subject to oppression · dominant

    In Isaiah 58:3, the construct masculine plural form occurs in the clause about oppressing all those workers; the APB renders the clause, "you oppress all your workers."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 58:3, the APB presents the clause as "you oppress all your workers." It cannot by itself establish a more specific rendering for the term.

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