Job 20:22:6Job.20.22.W6TAB
עָמֵ֣ל
amel
“one who is in toil or misery”
- Transliteration
- a-MEL
- Extended
- aa-MEEL
- IPA
- /ʕaːˈmeːl/
Meaning by language
- English
- one who is in toil or misery
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Lamed | l as in law |
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The word
Word in context
- word
a-MEL
- phraseyour reading level
a-MEL te-VO-e-NNU
- clause
KOL-YAD a-MEL te-VO-e-NNU
- sentence
bim-le-OT sif-KO YE-tser LO KOL-YAD a-MEL te-VO-e-NNU
Exegesis
The second colon shifts to kol-yad amel {כָּל־יַ֖ד עָמֵ֣ל | kol-yāḏ ʿāmēl} ‘every hand of misery’ as the subject, with tevo’ennu {תְּבוֹאֶֽנּוּ | təḇōʾennû} ‘will come upon him’ expressing unavoidable arrival. The alignment of the feminine verb form with the feminine noun yād and the pronominal suffix with the man underscores his role as the target. The parallelism between prosperity and affliction emphasizes sudden collapse at the height of apparent security.
Root and etymology
RootAyin–Mem–Lamed
“toil, trouble”
In context — Job 20:22
In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress will press him; every hand of misery will come upon him.
About this coordinate
Job 20:22:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Job 20:22, so the Hebrew word עָמֵ֣ל (amel) 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.20.22.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Job.20.22.W6.S1) and character.