עָמַל
ʿāmal
labour
Strong's H5998VerbHebrewTWOT 1639

עָמַל (ʿāmal) is a Hebrew verb meaning labour. It appears 11 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5998).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1639)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1639)labour, toil; work severely and with irksomeness
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

עָמַל verb: labour, toil

Strong's H5998 עָמַל: to toil, i.e. work severely and with irksomeness
KJV:(take) labour (in).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Psalms 127:1Proverbs 16:26Ecclesiastes 1:3

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