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title: אָמַל — be weak · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אָמַל (535), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: be weak. BDB 1906: vb. be weak, languish Puʿl. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אָמַל

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

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**Used:** 15 times · **Key:** 535 · **BDB:** אָמַל

### Glosses

it.has.languished (6); it.languishes (2); they.have.languished (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be weak [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/535/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be weak, languish Puʿl. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/535/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be weak, languish (cf. Arabic أَمَلَ hope, expect). Pt. pass. f. מָה אֲמֻלָה לִבָּתֵךְ how weak is thy heart! Ez 16:30 (but מַה־לִּי וְלִבְרִיתֵךְ); Puʿl. Pf. אֻמְלַל Jo 1:10 +; אֻמְלְלָה Is 33:9 +; אֻמְלְלוּ Je 14:2 etc.;—be or grow feeble, languish; of loss of fertility (woman) 1 S 2:5 Je 15:9; of fisherman whose trade fails Is 19:8 (‖ אנה, אבל); in genl. in inhab. of smitten land Ho 4:3 (‖ תֶּאֱבַל הָאָרֶץ); Is 24:4 cf. infr. usually subj. inanim., personif.; שַׁדְמוֹת חֶשְׁבּוֹן Is 16:8; cf. Na 1:4(×2); תֵּבֵל Is 24:4 (‖ נבל, אבל); אֶרֶץ 33:9 (‖ אבל); subj. גֶּפֶן Is 24:7 (‖ אָבַל תִּירוֹשׁ); יִצְּהָר Jo 1:10 (‖ שׁדד, אבל, הובישׁ; kindred subj.); תְּאֵנָה v 12 (‖ הַגֶּפֶן הוֹבִישָׁה); שְׁעָרִים Je 14:2 (‖ אָֽבְלָה יְהוּדָה); cf. La 2:8 וַיַּאֲבֶל־חֵל וְחוֹמָה יַחְדָּו אֻמְלָ֑לוּ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 13 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אָמַל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/535/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 24:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.24.7/)

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אָבַ֥ל תִּיר֖וֹשׁ אֻמְלְלָה־גָ֑פֶן נֶאֶנְח֖וּ כָּל־שִׂמְחֵי־לֵֽב׃

*Word for word:* it.has.dried.up new.wine it.has.languished \[the\].vine they.have.groaned all \[the.people\].joyful of.heart

*JPS 1917:* The new wine faileth, the vine fadeth; all the merry-hearted do sigh.

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[Joel 1:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.1.10/)

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שֻׁדַּ֣ד שָׂדֶ֔ה אָבְלָ֖ה אֲדָמָ֑ה כִּ֚י שֻׁדַּ֣ד דָּגָ֔ן הוֹבִ֥ישׁ תִּיר֖וֹשׁ אֻמְלַ֥ל יִצְהָֽר׃

*Word for word:* it.is.devastated \[the\].field\[s\] it.is.dried.up \[the\].ground (dm) it.is.devastated \[the\].grain it.has.dried.up \[the\].new.wine it.has.languished \[the\].fresh.oil

*JPS 1917:* The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted, the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth.

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