עָמַל
Used: 11 times · Key: 5998 · BDB: עָמַל
Glosses
I.have.toiled (2); he.toils (2); I.had.toiled (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
labour tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb. labour, toil tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. labour, toil (NH id.; Arabic عَمِلَ labour, make; Sab. עמל work (? n. or vb.) CIS iv. No. 250; Aramaic עֲמַל, ܥܡܰܠ; Zinj. עמל; Assyrian nîmelu, gain, possessions);— Pf. 3 ms. ע׳ Ec 2:21; 3 fs. עָֽמְלָה Pr 16:26; 2 ms. עָמַלְתָּ Jon 4:10; 1 s. עָמַלְתִּי Ec 2:11 + 2 times; pl. עָֽמְלוּ ψ 127:1; Impf. 3 ms. יַעֲמֹל Ec 1:3 + 3 times;—labour (very late): in building, c. בְּ ψ 127:1; tillage, c. בְּ Jon 4:10; gen., c. בְּ Ec 2:21, c. לְ Pr 16:26; Ec 5:15, c. לְ + inf. 8:17; עֲמָלוֹ שֶׁיַּעֲמֹל 1:3; 5:17, cf. 2:11, 19, 20.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (5 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «עָמַל» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
נֶ֣פֶשׁ עָ֭מֵל עָ֣מְלָה לּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־אָכַ֖ף עָלָ֣יו פִּֽיהוּ׃
Word for word: [the].appetite of.a.laborer it.toils for him (dm) it.presses on him mouth his
JPS 1917: The hunger of the labouring man laboureth for him; for his mouth compelleth him.
מַה־יִּתְר֖וֹן לָֽאָדָ֑ם בְּכָל־עֲמָל֔וֹ שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖ל תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃
Word for word: what? advantage [belongs].to (the) humankind in all toil his which he.toils under the sun
JPS 1917: What profit hath man of all his labour wherein he laboureth under the sun?
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