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Lexicon :: Strong's H5998 - ʿāmal

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עָמַל
Transliteration
ʿāmal
Pronunciation
aw-mal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1639

Strong’s Definitions

עָמַל ʻâmal, aw-mal'; a primitive root; to toil, i.e. work severely and with irksomeness:—(take) labour (in).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H5998 in the following manner: labour (8x), take (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H5998 in the following manner: labour (8x), take (3x).

  1. to labour, toil

    1. (Qal) to labour

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָמַל ʻâmal, aw-mal'; a primitive root; to toil, i.e. work severely and with irksomeness:—(take) labour (in).
STRONGS H5998: Abbreviations
† עָמַל verb labour, toil (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic bdb076501 labour, make; Sabean עמל work (? noun or verb) CISiv. No. 250; Aramaic עֲמַל, bdb076502; Zinjirli עמל; Assyrian nîmelu, gain, possessions); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ע׳ Ecclesiastes 2:21; 3rd person feminine singular עָֽמְלָה Proverbs 16:26; 2nd person masculine singular עָמַלְתָּ Jonah 4:10; 1st person singular עָמַלְתִּי Ecclesiastes 2:11 + 2 times; 3rd person plural עָֽמְלוּ Psalm 127:1; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַעֲמֹל Ecclesiastes 1:3 + 3 times; — labour (very late): in building Psalm 127:1; tillage, with בְּ Jonah 4:10; generally, with בְּ Ecclesiastes 2:21, with לְ Proverbs 16:26; Ecclesiastes 5:15, with לְ + infinitive Ecclesiastes 8:17; עֲמָלוֺ שֶׁיַּעֲמֹל Ecclesiastes 1:3; Ecclesiastes 5:17, compare Ecclesiastes 2:11, 19, 20.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Psalms

127:1; 127:1

Proverbs

16:26; 16:26

Ecclesiastes

1:3; 1:3; 2:11; 2:11; 2:19; 2:20; 2:21; 2:21; 5:15; 5:17; 8:17

Jonah

4:10; 4:10

H5998

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5998 matches the Hebrew עָמַל (ʿāmal),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 127:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:1 -

A Song of Ascents. Of Solomon.

Unless Yahweh builds the house,

They labor H5998 in vain who build it;

Unless Yahweh watches the city,

The watchman keeps awake in vain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 16:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:26 -

A worker’s appetite works H5998 for him,

For his mouth urges him on.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:3 -

What advantage does man have in all his labor

In which he labors H5998 under the sun?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:11 - Thus I turned to all my works which my hands had done and the labor which I had labored H5998 to do, and behold, all was [fn]vanity and striving after wind, and there was no advantage under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:19 - And who knows whether he will be a wise man or a man of simpleminded folly? Yet he will have [fn]power over all the fruit of my labor for which I have labored H5998 and for which I have acted wisely under the sun. This too is vanity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:20 - Therefore I turned my heart to despair of all my labor for which I had labored H5998 under the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - When there is a man who has labored H5998 with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, then he gives his portion to one who has not labored H5998 with them. This too is vanity and a great evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:16 - This also is a sickening evil—exactly as a man came, so will he go. So what is the advantage to him who labors H5998 for the wind?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:18 -

Here is what I have seen to be good, which is [fn]beautiful: to eat, to drink, and to see good in all one’s labor in which he labors H5998 under the sun during the few days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:17 - and I saw every work of God, I concluded that man cannot find out the work which has been done under the sun. Even though man should seek laboriously H5998, he will not find it out; and though the wise man should say, “I know,” he cannot find it out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 4:10 - Then Yahweh said, “You had pity on the plant for which you did not work H5998 and which you did not cause to grow, which [fn]came to be overnight and perished [fn]overnight.
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