- Original: עצל - Transliteration: `atsal - Phonetic: aw-tsal' - Definition: 1. (Niphal) to be sluggish - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1672 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to lean idly that is to be indolent or slack: - be slothful. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • slothful, 1 Judges 18:9