עַצְלוּת f. (b. h.; preced.) laziness, indolence. Yalk. Num. 720; Pes. 66ᵃ מי גרם … ע׳ שהיתה בכם וכ׳ what is the cause that I had to come from Babylonia and be appointed your chief? Your indolence, which prevented you from waiting upon the two greatest men of the generation. Ib. 117ᵃ; Ber. 31ᵃ, v. עֲצֵבוּת; a. fr.—Y. Kil. VIII, 31ᶜ (of an animal tied by the side of a harnessed animal) זה נושא עַצְלוּתוֹ של זה וכ׳ this one carries the sluggishness of the other, i.e. when one is sluggish, the other has to carry the heavier load.
עַצְלוּת
Gloss
עַצְלוּת f. (b. h.; preced. ) laziness, indolence . Yalk. Num. 720; Pes. 66ᵃ מי גרם … ע׳ שהיתה בכם וכ׳ what is the cause that I had to come from…
References
- Jastrow, עָצֵל 1
- Pesachim 66a:6
- Pesachim 117a:13
- Berakhot 31a:11
- Jastrow, עֲצֵבוּת 1
- Jerusalem Talmud Kilayim 8:3:2