1) to labour, toil 1a) (Qal) to labour
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H5998 — עָמַל
a.mal · to toil · Hebrew/Aramaic
11 tagged verse occurrences
Psalm 127:1 · עָמְל֣וּA Song of Ascents. By Solomon. Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.Proverbs 16:26 · עָ֣מְלָהThe appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.Ecclesiastes 1:3 · שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖לWhat does man gain from all his labor in which he labors under the sun?Ecclesiastes 2:11 · שֶׁעָמַ֣לְתִּיThen I looked at all the works that my hands had worked, and at the labor that I had labored to do; and behold, all was vanity and a chasing after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.Ecclesiastes 2:19 · שֶֽׁעָמַ֥לְתִּיWho knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.Ecclesiastes 2:20 · שֶׁעָמַ֖לְתִּיTherefore I began to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labor in which I had labored under the sun.Ecclesiastes 2:21 · עָֽמַל־For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.Ecclesiastes 5:16 · שֶֽׁיַּעֲמֹ֖לThis also is a grievous evil, that in all points as he came, so shall he go. And what profit does he have who labors for the wind?Ecclesiastes 5:18 · שֶׁיַּעֲמֹ֣לBehold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.Ecclesiastes 8:17 · יַעֲמֹ֧לthen I saw all the work of God, that man can’t find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won’t find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won’t be able to find it.Jonah 4:10 · עָמַ֥לְתָּYahweh said, “You have been concerned for the vine, for which you have not labored, neither made it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night.