Job 16:2:5Job.16.2.W5TAB
עָמָ֣ל
amal
“trouble”
- Transliteration
- a-MAL
- Extended
- aa-MAAL
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈmaːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- trouble
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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Word in context
- word
a-MAL
- phraseyour reading level
a-MAL kul-le-KHEM
- clause
me-na-kha-ME a-MAL kul-le-KHEM
- sentence
sha-MA-e-ti ke-EL-le ra-BOT me-na-kha-ME a-MAL kul-le-KHEM
Exegesis
The closing sequence menachamei amal {מְנַחֲמֵי עָמָל | mənaḥămê ʿāmāl} is a construct chain, literally “comforters of trouble,” functioning as an ironic label: those who should console instead are characterized by the very distress they produce.
Root and etymology
consonantsayin–mem–lamed
“trouble, toil”
In context — Job 16:2
I have heard many such things; miserable comforters are all of you.
About this coordinate
Job 16:2:5 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 5 of Job 16:2, so the Hebrew word עָמָ֣ל (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.16.2.W5, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.16.2.W5.S1) and character.