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Psalms 73:5
“They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עָמָלʻâmâl · aw-mawl'
H5999 · Hebrew
H5999 · Hebrew
- Definition
- toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind
- Derivation
- from H5998 (עָמַל);
- KJV renderings
- grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.
- Grammar
- בַּ — preposition
- עֲמַ֣ל — common noun, both genders, singular, construct
- Usage
- Occurs 55 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 41:51Numbers 23:21Deuteronomy 26:7Judges 10:16Job 3:10
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עָמָל here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.