Proverbs 26:15
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The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and it grieveth him to turn it to his mouth.

slothful

Proverbs 19:24 The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth.

it grieveth him or he is weary

Context
Similitudes and Instructions
14As the door turneth upon its hinges, so doth the slothful upon his bed. 15The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and it grieveth him to turn it to his mouth.16The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit, than seven men that speak sentences.…
Cross References
Genesis 6:6
It repented him that he had made man on the earth. And being touched inwardly with sorrow of heart,

Proverbs 19:24
The slothful hideth his hand under his armpit, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth.

Lexicon
The sluggard
עָצֵ֣ל (‘ā·ṣêl)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6102: Sluggish, lazy

buries
טָ֘מַ֤ן (ṭā·man)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2934: To hide, conceal

his hand
יָ֭דוֹ (yā·ḏōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand

in the dish;
בַּצַּלָּ֑חַת (baṣ·ṣal·lā·ḥaṯ)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6747: Something advanced, deep, a bowl, the bosom

he is too lazy
נִ֝לְאָ֗ה (nil·’āh)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3811: To tire, to be, disgusted

to bring it back
לַֽהֲשִׁיבָ֥הּ (la·hă·šî·ḇāh)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

his mouth.
פִּֽיו׃ (pîw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to


Additional Translations
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.The slothful hides his hand in his bosom; it grieves him to bring it again to his mouth.

The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; It wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.

A sluggard having hid his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it up to his mouth.

The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish: it wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.

The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish; it wearieth him to bring it again to his mouth.

The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

The sluggard buries his hand in the dish. He is too lazy to bring it back to his mouth.

The slothful hath hid his hand in a dish, He is weary of bringing it back to his mouth.
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