BDB6137 [H5999]

I. עָמָל noun masculine^{Job 4:8} feminine^{Eccl 10:15} (against Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 113}, see Kö^{Synt. § 249 m}) trouble, labour, toil (on this form as abstract see Lag^{BN 143} Ba^{NB 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.

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