אָמַל
ʼâmal · H535 · Hebrew · 16 occurrences
Meanings
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to languish or wither
The state of being unable to function as can be expected, as a result of destruction, a drought, or God's direct intervention, with results including weakness, sadness, shame, death and disintegration
Examples1 Samuel 2:5 “Those who were full hire themselves out for bread, But those who were hungry cease to be hungry. Even the infertile woman gives birth to seven, But she who has many children languishes.
Isaiah 16:8 For the fields of Heshbon have withered, the vines of Sibmah as well; The lords of the nations have trampled down its choice clusters Which reached as far as Jazer and wandered to the deserts; Its tendrils spread themselves out and passed over the sea.
Isaiah 19:8 And the fishermen will grieve, And all those who cast a line into the Nile will mourn, And those who spread nets on the waters will dwindle away.
How it’s used In 2 roles
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Who or what does itSubject
16 occurrences in 17 groups
- Other words · 17 groups that occur once or twice (17) 17
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יַחַדtogether 1
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In the other Testament 1 word
- ἀσθενέω asthenéō · G770 · to be weak, to be unable to, to be limited in
- Greek ἀσθενέω renders Hebrew אָמַל in contexts of physical weakening or languishing, sharing the core semantic field of loss of strength or vitality.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Weak002001001069
- אָמַל describes languishing or growing feeble, as the barren woman's contrasting fruitfulness against those who languish.
Word family 3 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H535. amal [אָמַל] verb be weak, languish (compare Arabic hope, expect). Qal Participle…
[אָמַל] verb be weak, languish (compare Arabic hope, expect).
Qal Participle passive feminine לִכָּתֵךְ אֲמֻלָה מָה how weak is thy heart! Eze 16:30 (but < Co וְלִבְרִיתֵח מַהלִּֿי);
Pu`lal Perfect אֻמְלַל Joe 1:10 +; אֻמְלְלָה Isa 33:9 +; אֻמְלְלוּ Jer 14:2 etc.; — be or grow feeble, languish; of loss of fertility (woman) 1Sa 2:5; Jer 15:19; of fisherman whose trade fails Isa 19:8 || אבל אנה,); in Genl. of inhabitants of smitten land Hos 4:3 (|| הָאָרֶץ תֶּאֱבַל); Isa 24:4 compare below usually subject inanimate, personified; חֶשְׁבּוֺן שַׁדְמוֺת Isa 16:8; compare Nah 1:4 (twice in verse); תֵּבֵל Isa 24:4 (|| אבל נבל,); אֶרֶץ Isa 33:9 (|| אבל); subject גֶּפֶן Isa 24:7 (|| תִּירוֺשׁ אָבַל; יִצְּהָר Joe 1:10 (|| הובישׁ אבל, שׁדד,; kindred subject); תְּאֵנָה Joe 1:12 (|| הוֺבִישָׁה הַגֶּפֶן); שְׁעָרִים Jer 14:2 (|| יְהוּדָה אָֽבְלָה); compare Lam 2:8 אֻמְלָ֑לוּ יַחְדָּו וְחוֺמָה וַיַּאֲבֶלחֵֿל.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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