עָמֵלʻâmêl

labourer, sufferer

Pronunciation: aw-male' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6001

Meanings

1. labourer, workman (Judges 5:26; Proverbs 16:26)

2. sufferer (Job 3:20; Job 20:22)

Same root

עָמַלʻâmal · H5998to toil, i.e. work severely and with irksomeness

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

Judges 5:26 Then with her left hand she reached for a tent peg, and with her right hand for the workman’s hammer. She struck Sisera with the hammer, crushing his head. With a shattering blow, she pierced his temples.
Job 3:20 “Oh, why give light to those in misery, and life to those who are bitter?
Job 20:22 “In the midst of plenty, they will run into trouble and be overcome by misery.
Proverbs 16:26 It is good for workers to have an appetite; an empty stomach drives them on.
Ecclesiastes 2:18 I came to hate all my hard work here on earth, for I must leave to others everything I have earned.
Ecclesiastes 2:22 So what do people get in this life for all their hard work and anxiety?

See every passage

Judges 5:26
Job 3:20, 20:22
Proverbs 16:26
Ecclesiastes 2:18, 2:22, 3:9, 4:8, 9:9

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).