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title: עָמֵל — laborer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָמֵל (6001), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: laborer. BDB 1906: n.m. labourer, sufferer. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָמֵל

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«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.

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

### Glosses

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

### Meaning (OSHB)

laborer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6001/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. labourer, sufferer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6001/#m2)

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**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.

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6001/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 3:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.3.20/)

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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 —

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[Proverbs 16:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.26/)

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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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