Strong's Lexicon

H5999

H5999 — עָמָל

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

Hebrewamaln-e.Occurrences: 55TWOT: 1639a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H5999
Word:עָמָל
Part of Speech:n-e.
Etymology:from H5998
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:55
Transliteration:amal
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:`amal (aw-mawl') n-e.
Meaning:1. toil, i.e. wearing effort 2. (hence) worry, wheth. of body or mind
KJV Renderings:grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB6137

I. עָמָל noun masculine Job 4:8 feminine Eccl 10:15 (against AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 113, see Synt. § 249 m) trouble, labour, toil (on this form as abstract see LagBN 143 BaNB 105); — ׳ ע Num 23:21 +; construct עֲמַל Judg 10:16 +; suffix עֲמָלִי Gen 41:51 +, etc.; —

1. trouble (|| sorrow): one's own suffering, עָמָל וְיָגוֺן Jer 20:18 וָכַעַס ׳ ע Ps 10:14 עֳנִי ׳ וע Deut 26:7; Ps 25:18 וָאָ֑וֶן ׳ ע Ps 90:10 || אָוֶן Num 23:21; Job 5:6 || שָֽׁוְא Job 7:3 נפשׁו ׳ ע Isa 53:11 בְּעֵינָ֑י ׳ ע Ps 73:16 מֵעֵינָ֑י ׳ וַיַּסְתֵּר ע Job 3:10 ׳ מְנַחֲמֵי ע Job 16:2 ׳ אדם לע יוּלָּד Job 5:7 אנושׁ אינימוֺ ׳ בע Ps 73:5 ׳ שׁכח ע Job 11:16 ׳ נַשַּׁנִי ע Gen 41:51 ( E ); לא זכר ׳ ע Prov 31:7 תקצר ׳ נפשׁו בע Judg 10:16.
2. trouble, mischief, as done to others: || שֹׁד Prov 24:2 ׳ יֹצֵר ע Ps 94:20 || רָע Hab 1:13 בְראֹשׁוֺ ׳ יָשׁוּב ע Ps 7:17 וָאָ֑וֶן ׳ ע Ps 10:7 ׳ און וע Ps 55:11 || אָוֶן Isa 10:1; Isa 59:4; Hab 1:3; Ps 7:15; Job 4:8; Job 15:35 עֲמַל שְׂפָתֵימוֺ Ps 140:10 mischief of their lips.
3. toil, labour (late in Hebrew): Eccl 2:10 (twice in verse); Eccl 2:21; Eccl 2:24; Eccl 3:13; Eccl 4:4; Eccl 4:6; Eccl 4:8; Eccl 4:9; Eccl 5:14; Eccl 5:18; Eccl 6:7; Eccl 8:15; Eccl 10:15 with עָמַל (q. v.) Eccl 1:3; Eccl 2:11; Eccl 2:19; Eccl 2:20; Eccl 5:17 שֶׁאֲנִי שְׁהוּא) עָמֵל ׳ ע Eccl 2:18; Eccl 2:22 אֲשֶׁר עָמֵל ׳ ע Eccl 9:9 = fruit of labour, לְאֻמִּים יִירָ֑שׁוּ ׳ ע Ps 105:44 לִבָּם ׳ וַיַּכְנַע בע Ps 107:12 he humbled their mind by toil.


Other Resources

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

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