Lexical Definition

‎אָמַל‎ ʼâmal (aw-mal') to weaken ^H:V
a primitive root

languish, be weak, wax feeble.

• to droop
• by implication to be sick, to mourn

1) to be weak, to droop, to languish, to be exhausted
1a) (Qal) pass participle (of the heart)
1a1) to be weak
1a2) to droop
1b) (Pulal)
1b1) to be or grow feeble
1b2) to languish

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎אָמַל‎] verb be weak, languish (compare Arabic 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 vJoel 1:12 (|| ‎הַגֶּפֶן הוֺבִישָׁה‎); ‎שְׁעָרִים‎ Jer 14:2 (|| ‎אָֽבְלָה‎ ‎יְהוּדָה‎); compare Lam 2:8 ‎וַיַּאֲבֶלחֵֿל וְחוֺמָה יַחְדָּו אֻמְלָ֑לוּ‎.

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