Strong's Lexicon

H535

H535 — אָמַל

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewamalverb-stemOccurrences: 13TWOT: 114

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H535
Word:	אָמַל
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	13
Transliteration:	amal
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	aw-mal'
Meaning:	1. to droop 2. (by implication) to be sick, to mourn
KJV Renderings:	languish, be weak, wax feeble.

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[אָמַל] verb be weak, languish (compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 263] hope, expect).

Qal Participle passive feminine מָה אֲמֻלָה לִכָּתֵךְ how weak is thy heart! Ezek 16:30 (but < Co מַהלִּֿי וְלִבְרִיתֵח);

Pu`lal Perfect אֻמְלַל Joel 1:10 +; אֻמְלְלָה Isa 33:9 +; אֻמְלְלוּ Jer 14:2 etc.; — be or grow feeble, languish; of loss of fertility (woman) 1Sam 2:5; Jer 15:19 of fisherman whose trade fails Isa 19:8 || אנה, אבל); in genl. of inhabitants of smitten land Hos 4:3 (|| תֶּאֱבַל הָאָרֶץ); Isa 24:4 compare below usually subject inanimate, personified; שַׁדְמוֺת חֶשְׁבּוֺן Isa 16:8 compare Nah 1:4 (twice in verse); תֵּבֵל Isa 24:4 (|| נבל, אבל); אֶרֶץ Isa 33:9 (|| אבל); subject גֶּפֶן Isa 24:7 (|| אָבַל תִּירוֺשׁ; יִצְּהָר Joel 1:10 (|| שׁדד, אבל, הובישׁ; kindred subject); תְּאֵנָה Joel 1:12 (|| הַגֶּפֶן הוֺבִישָׁה); שְׁעָרִים Jer 14:2 (|| אָֽבְלָה יְהוּדָה); compare Lam 2:8 וַיַּאֲבֶלחֵֿל וְחוֺמָה יַחְדָּו אֻמְלָ֑לוּ.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אמל (ah-mal’)

Ezekiel 16:30

KJV: How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord God, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;

EHCC: How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord

Ezekiel 19:8

KJV: Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit.

EHCC: spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

Ezekiel 33:9

KJV: Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul.

EHCC: The earth mourneth (and) (

Jeremiah 14:2

KJV: Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.

EHCC: the gates thereof languish ;

Lamentations 2:8

KJV: The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.destroying: Heb. swallowing up

EHCC: they languished together.

Hosea 4:3

KJV: Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

EHCC: every one that dwelleth therein shall

Joel 1:10

KJV: The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

EHCC: wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

Nahum 1:4

KJV: He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

EHCC: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the