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H5999עָמָלa.mal

troublePart of speech: Hebrew Noun

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Occurrences by book

  1. 1
  2. Exodus: 0
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. 1
  5. 1
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 1
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 8
  19. 13
  20. 2
  21. 22
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 3
  24. 1
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. 2
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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55 occurrences in 54 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Proverbs 24:2

    For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

    וְ֝עָמָ֗ל (עָמָ֗ל) 'a.Mal “trouble”

  2. Proverbs 31:7

    Let him drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.

    וַ֝עֲמָל֗וֹ (עֲמָל֗) 'a.ma.L “trouble”

  3. Ecclesiastes 1:3

    What profit hath man of all his labour wherein he laboureth under the sun?

    עֲמָל֔וֹ (עֲמָל֔) a.ma.L “toil”

  4. Ecclesiastes 2:10

    And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them; I withheld not my heart from any joy, for my heart had joy of all my labour; and this was my portion from all my labour.

    עֲמָלִ֔י (עֲמָלִ֔) 'a.ma.L “toil”עֲמָלִֽי׃ (עֲמָלִֽ) 'a.ma.L “toil”

  5. Ecclesiastes 2:11

    Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do; and, behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was no profit under the sun.

    וּבֶֽעָמָ֖ל (עָמָ֖ל) 'a.Mal “toil”

  6. Ecclesiastes 2:18

    And I hated all my labour wherein I laboured under the sun, seeing that I must leave it unto the man that shall be after me.

    עֲמָלִ֔י (עֲמָלִ֔) 'a.ma.L “toil”

  7. Ecclesiastes 2:19

    And who knoweth whether he will be a wise man or a fool? yet will he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.

    עֲמָלִ֔י (עֲמָלִ֔) 'a.ma.L “toil”

  8. Ecclesiastes 2:20

    Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour wherein I had laboured under the sun.

    הֶ֣עָמָ֔ל (עָמָ֔ל) 'a.Mal “toil”

  9. Ecclesiastes 2:21

    For there is a man whose labour is with wisdom, and with knowledge, and with skill; yet to a man that hath not laboured therein shall he leave it for his portion. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    שֶׁעֲמָל֛וֹ (עֲמָל֛) 'a.ma.L “toil”

  10. Ecclesiastes 2:22

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

    עֲמָל֔וֹ (עֲמָל֔) a.ma.L “toil”

  11. Ecclesiastes 2:24

    There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy pleasure for his labour. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.

    בַּעֲמָל֑וֹ (עֲמָל֑) 'a.ma.L “toil”

  12. Ecclesiastes 3:13

    But also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy pleasure for all his labour, is the gift of God.

    עֲמָל֑וֹ (עֲמָל֑) a.ma.L “toil”

  13. Ecclesiastes 4:4

    Again, I considered all labour and all excelling in work, that it is a man's rivalry with his neighbour. This also is vanity and a striving after wind.

    עָמָ֗ל 'a.Mal “[the] toil”

  14. Ecclesiastes 4:6

    Better is a handful of quietness, than both the hands full of labour and striving after wind.

    עָמָ֖ל 'a.Mal “toil”

  15. Ecclesiastes 4:8

    There is one that is alone, and he hath not a second; yea, he hath neither son nor brother; yet is there no end of all his labour, neither is his eye satisfied with riches: 'for whom then do I labour, and bereave my soul of pleasure?' This also is vanity

    עֲמָל֔וֹ (עֲמָל֔) a.ma.L “toil”

  16. Ecclesiastes 4:9

    Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

    בַּעֲמָלָֽם׃ (עֲמָלָֽ) 'a.ma.La “toil”

  17. Ecclesiastes 5:14

    As he came forth of his mother's womb, naked shall he go back as he came, and shall take nothing for his labour, which he may carry away in his hand.

    בַעֲמָל֔וֹ (עֲמָל֔) 'a.ma.L “toil”

  18. Ecclesiastes 5:17

    Behold that which I have seen: it is good, yea, it is comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy pleasure for all his labour, wherein he laboureth under the sun, all the days of his life which God hath given him; for this is his portion.

    עֲמָל֣וֹ׀ (עֲמָל֣) a.ma.L “toil”

  19. Ecclesiastes 5:18

    Every man also to whom God hath given riches and wealth, and hath given him power to eat thereof, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labour--this is the gift of God.

    בַּעֲמָל֑וֹ (עֲמָל֑) 'a.ma.L “toil”

  20. Ecclesiastes 6:7

    All the labour of man is for his mouth, and yet the appetite is not filled.

    עֲמַ֥ל 'a.Mal “[the] toil of”

  21. Ecclesiastes 8:15

    So I commended mirth, that a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry, and that this should accompany him in his labour all the days of his life which God hath given him under the sun.

    בַעֲמָל֗וֹ (עֲמָל֗) 'a.ma.L “toil”

  22. Ecclesiastes 9:9

    Enjoy life with the wife whom thou lovest all the days of the life of thy vanity, which He hath given thee under the sun, all the days of thy vanity; for that is thy portion in life, and in thy labour wherein thou labourest under the sun.

    וּבַעֲמָ֣לְךָ֔ (עֲמָ֣לְ) 'a.Mal. “toil”

  23. Ecclesiastes 10:15

    The labour of fools wearieth every one of them, for he knoweth not how to go to the city.

    עֲמַ֥ל 'a.Mal “[the] toil of”

  24. Isaiah 10:1

    Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write iniquity;

    עָמָ֖ל 'a.Mal “[who] trouble”

  25. Isaiah 53:11

    Of the travail of his soul he shall see to the full, even My servant, who by his knowledge did justify the Righteous One to the many, and their iniquities he did bear.

    מֵעֲמַ֤ל (עֲמַ֤ל) 'a.Mal “[the] labor of”