שֶׁ/עֲמָל֛/וֹ

𐤔/𐤏𐤌𐤋/𐤅

sheamalo

from עָמַל; toil, i.e. wearing effort; hence, worry, wheth. of body or mind; grievance(-vousness), iniquity, labour, mischief, miserable(-sery), pain(-ful), perverseness, sorrow, toil, travail, trouble, wearisome, wickedness.

H5999

Ecclesiastes 2:21 · Word #4

Lexicon H5999

Lemmaעָמָל
Lemma (Paleo)𐤏𐤌𐤋
Transliterationʻâmâl
Strong'sH5999

Morphology HTr/Ncbsc/Sp3ms All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender b — Both — Both (masculine and feminine)
Number s — Singular — Singular
State c — Construct — The noun is bound to the following word

SIBI-P1 H5999-13

that his wearisome toil

Rootעמל (ʿ-m-l)
Core Meaningstoil, wearisome labor, trouble, misery, burdensome effort
Semantic Rangelabor, hardship, grievous effort, sorrow-producing work, trouble, misery, moral trouble or mischief arising from wrongdoing
Conceptual Significanceעָמָל captures the burdensome nature of human labor and the sorrow or trouble that accompanies life in a fallen world. It often reflects the existential weight of toil under the sun and can extend to the moral and social consequences of wrongdoing, highlighting both physical hardship and inner distress.
Morphological NotesMasculine singular common noun עָמָל in construct with 3ms pronominal suffix (וֹ, "his"), preceded by the relative particle שֶׁ ("that/which").
Rendering RationaleThe noun עָמָל denotes burdensome, wearisome labor or the trouble that flows from such toil. The form is masculine singular with a 3rd masculine singular pronominal suffix ("his"), preceded by the relative particle שֶׁ ("that/which"), hence "that his wearisome toil," preserving both the root sense of wearying effort and the grammatical markers.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root עמל (toil, wearisome labor, trouble, misery, burdensome effort)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H5999-02 amal wearisome toil
H5999-01 amal toil-trouble
H5999-03 amalenu our wearisome toil

Word Usage (55 occurrences of H5999)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 41:51 עֲמָלִ֔/י amali my toil
Numbers 23:21 עָמָ֖ל amal trouble
Deuteronomy 26:7 עֲמָלֵ֖/נוּ amalenu our toil