עָמֵל

«עָמֵל» in the Tanakh dictionary: toiling — 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: 5 times · Key: lemma:עָמֵל · BDB: עָמֵל²

Glosses

[was].toiling (3); [are].toiling (1); toiling (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

toiling tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. verb. toiling tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. verb. toiling, only Ec, as pred.;—Ec 2:18, 22; 3:9; 4:8; 9:9.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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

Ecclesiastes 3:9

מַה־יִּתְרוֹן֙ הָֽעוֹשֶׂ֔ה בַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר ה֥וּא עָמֵֽל׃

Word for word: what? [is].the.advantage of the.[one.who].works in.[that] which he [was].toiling

JPS 1917: What profit hath he that worketh in that he laboureth?

Ecclesiastes 2:22

כִּ֠י מֶֽה־הֹוֶ֤ה לָֽאָדָם֙ בְּכָל־עֲמָל֔וֹ וּבְרַעְי֖וֹן לִבּו֑שֶׁה֥וּא עָמֵ֖ל תַּ֥חַת הַשָּֽׁמֶשׁ׃

Word for word: (dm) what? [is].becoming to the person in all toil his and in the.striving his.heart his which he [was].toiling under the sun

JPS 1917: For what hath a man of all his labour, and of the striving of his heart, wherein he laboureth under the sun?

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