עָמֵל

«עָמֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: laborer — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 4 times · Key: 6001 · BDB: עָמֵל

Glosses

a.sufferer (1); of.a.laborer (1); of.a.sufferer (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

laborer tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. labourer, sufferer tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Pr 16:26 labourer, sufferer;—ע׳ Pr 16:26 + 2 times; pl. עֲמֵלִים Ju 5:26;— labourer, workman: Ju 5:26 Pr 16:26. sufferer, Jb 3:20 (‖ מָרֵי נֶפֶשׁ), 20:22.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «עָמֵל» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 3:20

לָ֤מָּה יִתֵּ֣ן לְעָמֵ֣ל א֑וֹר וְ֝חַיִּ֗ים לְמָ֣רֵי נָֽפֶשׁ׃

Word for word: why? does.someone.give to a.sufferer light and life to.[people] bitter of.soul

JPS 1917: Wherewith is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul —

Proverbs 16:26

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.

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