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Hebrew wordlink #273769

OSHB Prov 16:26 עָמֵל (ˊāmēl) Strongs=6001 a Lemma=‘עָמֵל’
contextual word gloss=‘a_laborer’ word gloss=‘worker's’
Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1000

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Other uses (6) of identical word form עָמֵל (Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘עָמֵל’ (Morphology=Aamsa PoS=adjective Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 5 different glosses: ‘[are]_toiling’, ‘[was]_toiling’, ‘a_laborer’, ‘a_sufferer’, ‘toiling’.

JOB 20:22 contextual word gloss=‘a_sufferer’ word gloss=‘misery’ OSHB JOB 20:22 word 7

OET-LV: 22 When_is _full sufficiency _of_his it _will _be _distress to_him/it every _of hand _of a _sufferer it_will _come _to _him. (JOB_20:22)

OET-RV: 22 They’ll be so full but it’ll only bring distress.
⇔ Every troublemaker will come to them. (JOB 20:22)

ECC 2:18 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_toiling’ word gloss=‘toiled’ OSHB ECC 2:18 word 7

OET-LV: 18 And_I _hated I DOM all _of toil _of_my which_I was_toiling under the_sun that_I_will _leave _it to_person who_he _will _be after_me. (ECC_2:18)

OET-RV: 18 Then I hated all the work that I’d done in this world
⇔ that will get left to those who follow me after I go. (ECC 2:18)

ECC 2:22 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_toiling’ word gloss=‘labours’ OSHB ECC 2:22 word 10

OET-LV: 22 If/because what is_becoming to_person in_all toil _of_his and_in_the _striving _of his _heart _of_of which_he was_toiling under the_sun. (ECC_2:22)

OET-RV: 22 because what does a person get in exchange for all their work and their goals in life that they work towards in this world? (ECC 2:22)

ECC 3:9 contextual word gloss=‘[was]_toiling’ word gloss=‘toil’ OSHB ECC 3:9 word 6

OET-LV: 9 what is_the _advantage _of the_one _who_works in_that_which he was_toiling. (ECC_3:9)

OET-RV: 9 What do people gain from all the work they do? (ECC 3:9)

ECC 4:8 contextual word gloss=‘toiling’ word gloss=‘toiling’ OSHB ECC 4:8 word 21

OET-LV: 8 There_was one_person and_there_was_not a _second_person also a _son and_a _brother there_belonged_not to_him/it and_there_was_not an _end to/from_all/each/any/every toil _of_his also eye _of_his not it _was _satisfied wealth and_for_whom am_I toiling and_depriving DOM self _of_my from_good also this is_futility and_is_a _business evil it. (ECC_4:8)

OET-RV: 8 Sometimes there’s a person living alone without a child or a relative, who works hard without stopping.
⇔ However, wealth doesn’t satisfy them because they wonder why they’re working so hard and not sitting down to enjoy their good things.
⇔ That also is pointless, and it’s an unpleasant business. (ECC 4:8)

ECC 9:9 contextual word gloss=‘[are]_toiling’ word gloss=‘toil’ OSHB ECC 9:9 word 26

OET-LV: 9 See life with a _wife whom you _love all _of the _days _of the _life _of your _futility _of_of which he _has _given to/for_yourself(m) under the_sun all _of the _days _of your _futility _of_of if/because it portion _of_is_your in_life and_in_your _of_toil which you are_toiling under the_sun. (ECC_9:9)

OET-RV: 9 Live together with the wife that you love
⇔ for all the length of your pointless life that you’re given in this world,
⇔ because that’s your allocation in your life
⇔ and in the work that you’re doing in this world. (ECC 9:9)