אָמַל
ʼâmal · aw-mal'
to droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn
- to droop
- by implication, to be sick, to mourn
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: languish, be weak, wax feeble.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads
Strength, the leader of water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אָמַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- languisheth7 · 44%
- is waxed feeble1 · 6%
- languish1 · 6%
- shall languish1 · 6%
- do languish1 · 6%
- and languisheth1 · 6%
- thereof languish1 · 6%
- they languished1 · 6%
- how weak1 · 6%
- therein shall languish1 · 6%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.