Lexical Definition

‎עָמֵל‎ ʻâmêl (aw-male') labour(er) ^H:N-M
from ‎עָמַל‎

that laboureth, that is a misery, had taken (labour), wicked, workman.

• toiling
• concretely, a laborer
• figuratively, sorrowful

n m
1) labourer, sufferer, wretched one
1a) labourer, workman
1b) sufferer
adj v
2) toiling

See Greek: πικρία · πόνος

Extended Information

• adj v
• toiling

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. ‎עָמֵל‎ noun masculine^{Prov 16:26} labourer, sufferer; — ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Prov 16:26 + 2 t.; plural ‎עֲמֵלִים‎ Judg 5:26 —

1. labourer, workman: Judg 5:26; Prov 16:26.

2. sufferer, Job 3:20 (|| ‎מָרֵי נֶפֶשׁ‎), Job 20:22.

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