אָמַל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H535

be weak — used 15 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

be weak tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

אָמַל: vb. be weak, languish Puʿl. tree →

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.

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)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: it has languished (6); it languishes (2); they have languished (2).

In the verses

Isaiah 24:7 · tree →

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.

Joel 1:10 · tree →

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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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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