עָצַל, Hithpa. הִתְעַצֵּל, Nithpa. נִתְעַצֵּל (b. h. Nif.; v. עָצֵל; cmp. b. h. אצל) to withdraw one’s self, shirk the trouble of; to be careless, slothful; to consider one’s self exempt. Tam. II, 2 מימיו לא נ׳ הכהן מלהוציא וכ׳ never did a priest shirk the labor of carrying out the ashes. Lev. R. s. 19 (ref. to בעצלתים, Koh. X, 18) ע"י שהאדם הזה מִתְעַצֵּל מלכסות וכ׳ because that man considers himself exempt from covering his head as it is proper to do, he contracts rheumatism; ע"י שהאשה הזו מִתְעַצֶּלֶת וכ׳ because that woman is too careless (of chastity) to cover herself &c. Ib. ע"י שנִתְעַצְּלוּ … מלחנות וכ׳ because the Israelites shrank from encamping in discord. Y. B. Kam. IX, end, 7ᵃ נתעצלו ולא הקריבוהו they were slothful and failed to offer it up; a. fr.