Job 15:35:2Job.15.35.W2TAB
עָ֭מָל
amal
“trouble or toil”
- Transliteration
- a-MAL
- Extended
- aa-MAAL
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈmaːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- trouble or toil
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-MAL
- clause
ha-RO a-MAL ve-ya-LOD A-ven
- sentence
ha-RO a-MAL ve-ya-LOD A-ven u-vit-NAM ta-KHIN mir-MA
Exegesis
The opening participle haroh {הָרֹ֣ה | hārōh} ‘conceiving’ functions generically, describing what the wicked characteristically do, and it takes the direct object amal {עָ֭מָל | ʿāmāl} ‘trouble’ as what is “carried” within.
Root and etymology
consonantsayin–mem–lamed
“toil, trouble”
In context — Job 15:35
They conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity ; and their womb prepares deceit.
About this coordinate
Job 15:35:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Job 15:35, so the Hebrew word עָ֭מָל (amal) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Job.15.35.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.15.35.W2.S1) and character.