Hebrew noun · H5999
עָמָל
amalaw-mawl'
trouble
55 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻâmâl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5999is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 39Old Testament books
- 35spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5999
toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
The King James renders it: grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
amal is rendered "trouble". It stands 55 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.
- Twenty-two of the uses stand in Ecclesiastes, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 41:51Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
- The Greek text spells it thirty-five different ways.
The first use
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
Genesis 41:51עֲמָלִ֔י
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- trouble10
- mischief7
- toil his5
- in toil his4
- toil my4
- toil3
- and trouble2
- toil of2
- and in toil your1
- and labor of1
- and mischief1
- and on the toil1
and 14 more, 55 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 55, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
35 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- עָמָ֖ל7
- עָמָ֣ל5
- עֲמָלִ֔י4
- עָ֝מָ֗ל3
- עֲמָל֔וֹ3
- בַּעֲמָל֑וֹ2
- וְעָמָ֣ל2
- עֲמַ֥ל2
- בֶּעָמָ֣ל1
- בַּעֲמַ֣ל1
- בַּעֲמַ֥ל1
- בַעֲמָל֔וֹ1
and 23 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine or feminine singular20HNcbsa
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular6HNcbsc/Sp3ms
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular5HNcbsc/Sp1bs
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular4HR/Ncbsc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular3HC/Ncbsa
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HNcbsc
- preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HR/Ncbsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncbsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HC/Ncbsc/Sp1bs
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Ncbsc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1HC/R/Ncbsc/Sp2ms
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singular1HC/Rd/Ncbsa
Genesis
one use
Joseph named the firstborn Manasseh, saying, “God has made me forget all my hardship and all my father’s household.”
- עֲמָלִ֔יʾamalinoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: trouble my
Numbers
one use
He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.
- עָמָ֖לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: trouble
Deuteronomy
one use
So we called out to the LORD, the God of our fathers; and the LORD heard our voice and saw our affliction, toil, and oppression.
- עֲמָלֵ֖נוּʾamalenunoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: toil our
Judges
one use
So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
- בַּעֲמַ֥לbaamalpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: at trouble of
Job
eight uses
For that night did not shut the doors of the womb to hide the sorrow from my eyes.
- עָ֝מָ֗לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: trouble
As I have observed, those who plow iniquity and those who sow trouble reap the same.
- עָמָ֣לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: mischief
For distress does not spring from the dust, and trouble does not sprout from the ground.
- עָמָֽל׃ʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: trouble
Yet man is born to trouble as surely as sparks fly upward.
- לְעָמָ֣לleamalpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: to trouble
So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.
- עָ֝מָ֗לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: trouble
For you will forget your misery, recalling it only as waters gone by.
- עָמָ֣לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: trouble
They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb is pregnant with deceit.”
- עָ֭מָלʾamolnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: trouble
“I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all.
- עָמָ֣לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: trouble
Psalms
thirteen uses
Behold, the wicked man travails with evil; he conceives trouble and births falsehood.
- עָ֝מָ֗לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: mischief
His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.
- עֲמָל֣וֹamalonoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: mischief his
His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
- עָמָ֥לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: mischief
But You have regarded trouble and grief; You see to repay it by Your hand. The victim entrusts himself to You; You are the helper of the fatherless.
- עָ֘מָ֤לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: mischief
Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.
- וַעֲמָלִ֑יvaamaliconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: and trouble my
Day and night they encircle the walls, while malice and trouble lie within.
- וְעָמָ֣לveamalconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and trouble
They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.
- בַּעֲמַ֣לbaamalpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in trouble of
When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight
- עָמָ֖לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: trouble
The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
- עָמָ֣לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: toil
Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?
- עָמָ֣לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: mischief
He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
- וַעֲמַ֖לvaamalconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and labor of
He humbled their hearts with hard labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.
- בֶּעָמָ֣לbeamalpreposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: with the trouble
May the heads of those who surround me be covered in the trouble their lips have caused.
- עֲמַ֖לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: mischief of
Proverbs
two uses
for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble.
- וְ֝עָמָ֗לveamalconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and trouble
Let him drink and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more.
- וַ֝עֲמָל֗וֹvaamaloconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and trouble his
Ecclesiastes
twenty-two uses
What does a man gain from all his labor, at which he toils under the sun?
- עֲמָל֔וֹamalonoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: toil his
Anything my eyes desired, I did not deny myself. I refused my heart no pleasure. For my heart took delight in all my work, and this was the reward for all my labor.
- עֲמָלִ֔יʾamalinoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: toil my
- עֲמָלִֽי׃ʾamalinoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: toil my
Yet when I considered all the works that my hands had accomplished and what I had toiled to achieve, I found everything to be futile, a pursuit of the wind; there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
- וּבֶֽעָמָ֖לuveamalconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and on the toil
I hated all for which I had toiled under the sun, because I must leave it to the man who comes after me.
- עֲמָלִ֔יʾamalinoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: toil my
And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
- עֲמָלִ֔יʾamalinoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: toil my
So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.
- הֶ֣עָמָ֔לheamalthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: the toil
When there is a man who has labored with wisdom, knowledge, and skill, and he must give his portion to a man who has not worked for it, this too is futile and a great evil.
- שֶׁעֲמָל֛וֹsheamalorelative particle (“who / which”) + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: who toil his
For what does a man get for all the toil and striving with which he labors under the sun?
- עֲמָל֔וֹamalonoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: toil his
Nothing is better for a man than to eat and drink and enjoy his work. I have also seen that this is from the hand of God.
- בַּעֲמָל֑וֹbaamalopreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in toil his
and also that every man should eat and drink and find satisfaction in all his labor—this is the gift of God.
- עֲמָל֑וֹamalonoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: toil his
I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
- עָמָ֗לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: toil
Better one handful with tranquility than two handfuls with toil and pursuit of the wind.
- עָמָ֖לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: toil
There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
- עֲמָל֔וֹamalonoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: toil his
Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor.
- בַּעֲמָלָֽם׃baamalampreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: for toil their
As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
- בַעֲמָל֔וֹvaamalopreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in toil his
Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.
- עֲמָל֣וֹ׀amalonoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: toil his
Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.
- בַּעֲמָל֑וֹbaamalopreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in toil his
All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.
- עֲמַ֥לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: toil of
So I commended the enjoyment of life, because there is nothing better for a man under the sun than to eat and drink and be merry. For this joy will accompany him in his labor during the days of his life that God gives him under the sun.
- בַעֲמָל֗וֹvaamalopreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: in toil his
Enjoy life with your beloved wife all the days of the fleeting life that God has given you under the sun—all your fleeting days. For this is your portion in life and in your labor under the sun.
- וּבַעֲמָ֣לְךָ֔uvaamalkhaconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and in toil your
The toil of a fool wearies him, for he does not know the way to the city.
- עֲמַ֥לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: toil of
Isaiah
three uses
Woe to those who enact unjust statutes and issue oppressive decrees,
- עָמָ֖לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: trouble
After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
- מֵעֲמַ֤לmeamalpreposition + noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from labor of
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
- עָמָ֖לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: mischief
Jeremiah
one use
Why did I come out of the womb to see only trouble and sorrow, and to end my days in shame?
- עָמָ֖לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: trouble
Habakkuk
two uses
Why do You make me see iniquity? Why do You tolerate wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are before me. Strife is ongoing, and conflict abounds.
- וְעָמָ֣לveamalconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: and mischief
Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
- עָמָ֖לʾamalnoun · masculine or feminine singulartagged: mischief
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
