Lexical Definition

‎עָמַל‎ ʻâmal (aw-mal') to toil ^H:V
a primitive root

(take) labour (in).

• to toil, i.e. work severely and with irksomeness

1) to labour, toil
1a) (Qal) to labour

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עָמַל‎ verb labour, toil (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic labour, make; Sabean ‎עמל‎ work (? noun or verb) CIS^{iv. No. 250}; Aramaic ‎עֲמַל‎, ; Zinjirli ‎עמל‎; Assyrian nîmelu, gain, possessions); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Eccl 2:21 3 feminine singular ‎עָֽמְלָה‎ Prov 16:26 2 masculine singular ‎עָמַלְתָּ‎ Jonah 4:10 1 singular ‎עָמַלְתִּי‎ Eccl 2:11 + 2 t.; 3 plural ‎עָֽמְלוּ‎ Ps 127:1 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יַעֲמֹל‎ Eccl 1:3 + 3 t.; — labour (very late): in building Ps 127:1 tillage, with ‎בְּ‎ Jonah 4:10 generally, with ‎בְּ‎ Eccl 2:21, with ‎לְ‎ Prov 16:26; Eccl 5:15*, with ‎לְ‎ + infinitive Eccl 8:17 ‎עֲמָלוֺ‎ ‎שֶׁיַּעֲמֹל‎ Eccl 1:3; Eccl 5:17*, compare Eccl 2:11; Eccl 2:19; Eccl 2:20.

Also see: עָמֵל

II. ‎עָמֵל‎ verbal adjective toiling, only Ecclesiastes, as predicate; — Eccl 2:18; Eccl 2:22; Eccl 3:9; Eccl 4:8; Eccl 9:9.

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