The meaning of “אָמַל”
Understanding ʼâmal reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
languish, be weak, wax feeble. - to droop - by implication to be sick, to mourn 1) to be weak, to droop, to languish, to...
אָמַל
languish, be weak, wax feeble. - to droop - by implication to be sick, to mourn 1) to be weak, to droop, to languish, to be exhausted 1a) (Qal) pass participle (of the heart) 1a1) to be weak 1a2) to droop 1b) (Pulal) 1b1) to be or grow feeble 1b2) to languish
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Samuel 2:5 | “They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.” Word: אָמַל (ʼâmal) | |
| Isaiah 24:4 | “The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.” Word: אָמַל (ʼâmal) | |
| Jeremiah 15:9 | “She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the Lord.” Word: אָמַל (ʼâmal) | |
| Lamentations 2:8 | “The Lord hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.” Word: אָמַל (ʼâmal) | |
| Ezekiel 16:30 | “How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord God, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;” Word: אָמַל (ʼâmal) |