עָמֵל
ʻâmêl · aw-male'
toiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively, sorrowful
Lexicon
Derivation: from H5998 (עָמַל);
toiling; concretely, a laborer; figuratively, sorrowful
- toiling
- concretely, a laborer
- figuratively, sorrowful
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: that laboureth, that is a misery, had taken (labour), wicked, workman.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- 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)
to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep › authority, the one who leads
To see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָמֵל 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
9 occurrences · 9 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- to the workmen's1 · 11%
- to him that is in misery1 · 11%
- of the wicked1 · 11%
- that laboureth1 · 11%
- which i had taken1 · 11%
- he hath laboured1 · 11%
- he laboureth1 · 11%
- neither saith he, for whom do i labour1 · 11%
- which thou takest1 · 11%
Where it is used, by book.
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.