Job 7:3 — Word Study
WLCכֵּ֤ן הָנְחַ֣לְתִּי לִ֭י יַרְחֵי־ שָׁ֑וְא וְלֵיל֥וֹת עָ֝מָ֗ל מִנּוּ־ לִֽי׃
BSASokên [thus, in this manner] I am allottednâchal■ [to inherit, to possess] monthsyerach [lunar cycles, periods of time] of futilityshâvᵉʼ [vanity, emptiness, uselessness] and nightslayil [periods of darkness, adversity] of miseryʻâmâl [trouble, hardship, pain] are appointedmânâh■ [numbered, assigned]
| Greek | English | Parsing |
|---|---|---|
| כֵּ֤ן | so | Adverb |
| הָנְחַ֣לְתִּי | I have been allotted | Verb, Hophal, perfect first person common singular |
| לִ֭י | for myself | Preposition, suffix |
| יַרְחֵי־ | months of | Noun common, masculine plural construct |
| שָׁ֑וְא | worthlessness | Noun common, masculine singular absolute |
| וְלֵיל֥וֹת | and nights of | Conjunction, noun common feminine plural construct |
| עָ֝מָ֗ל | trouble | Noun common, both singular absolute |
| מִנּוּ־ | people have allotted | Verb, Piel, perfect third person common plural |
| לִֽי׃ | to me | Preposition, suffix |
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| BSB | So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me. |
| KJV | So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. |
| ASV | So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me. |
| YLT | So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me. |
| WEB | so I am made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me. |
| BBE | So I have for my heritage months of pain to no purpose, and nights of weariness are given to me. |
Where they part company is שָׁוְא — see How Translations Differ.
One main clause with two noun phrases detailing Job's suffering, followed by a phrase indicating the source of his appointment.







8 commentators on this verse
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verbנָחַל
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Deep Study — Job 7:3
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Context — Job's Lamentgenerated
Job 7:3 expresses Job's profound sense of despair as he recounts the months filled with futility and nights filled with misery that he feels have been assigned to him. This verse captures the essence of his suffering and the feeling of being overwhelmed by his circumstances, as he grapples with the meaning of his pain and the seeming emptiness of his existence.
Cross References
| Reference | Text (BSB) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Job 29:2 | “How I long for the months gone by, for the days when God watched over me, |
| 2 | Psalm 6:6 | I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. |
| 3 | Psalm 39:5 | You, indeed, have made my days as handbreadths, and my lifetime as nothing before You. Truly each man at his best exists as but a breath. Selah |
| 4 | Ecclesiastes 1:14 | I have seen all the things that are done under the sun, and have found them all to be futile, a pursuit of the wind. |
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — 4 references, hung on the phrase they belong to
The Key Word — הָנְחַ֣לְתִּי, ha.ne.Chal.tigenerated
The verb הָנְחַ֣לְתִּי (*ha.ne.Chal.ti*) is a Hophal perfect form, indicating that Job has been allotted or assigned something. This word conveys a sense of receiving an inheritance or possession, but in this context, it reflects the burdensome nature of what he has received — months of futility.
The root of this verb, נָחַל (*nachal*), means to inherit or take possession, which in Job's case, is a heavy and painful inheritance. Job's use of this word emphasizes the weight of his suffering, as he feels that these months of emptiness are something he has been forced to accept.
How Translations Differ — measured against the Berean Standard Biblegenerated
This study reads the verse in the Berean Standard Bible, which uses allotted to convey the sense of being assigned something burdensome.
Sentence Structuregenerated
The main verb of the verse is הָנְחַ֣לְתִּי, I have been allotted, which governs the phrases that follow. The structure emphasizes Job's personal experience of suffering, as he details the months and nights that have been assigned to him.
The sentence is structured with a main clause followed by two noun phrases: months of futility and nights of misery. This arrangement highlights the dual nature of Job's suffering, both in time and in experience.
Septuagint Backgroundgenerated
The Septuagint translates הָנְחַ֣לְתִּי as ὑπέμεινα, which means 'I have endured.' This choice shifts the focus from merely being allotted something to actively enduring it, emphasizing Job's struggle with his suffering.
The Greek word for שָׁוְא is κενούς, which also conveys emptiness. This translation aligns with the Hebrew meaning but highlights the absence of value in Job's experiences.
In plain words — the whole versegenerated
Job 7:3 reveals Job's deep sorrow as he feels he has been given months filled with emptiness and nights filled with pain. He expresses a sense of being trapped in a cycle of suffering, longing for relief from his misery.
Frequently Asked Questionsgenerated
Job is expressing that his time feels wasted and filled with emptiness, reflecting his despair over his suffering.
The nights symbolize not only darkness but also the ongoing pain and hardship he endures, emphasizing his sleeplessness and anguish.
Job uses 'allotted' to convey that he feels burdened with a fate he did not choose, highlighting his sense of helplessness.
This verse encapsulates the themes of suffering, despair, and the search for meaning in pain, which are central to the book of Job.
Reflection Questionsgenerated
- In what areas of my life do I feel a sense of futility or emptiness, similar to Job's experience?
- How can I find hope in times of suffering, as Job seeks to understand his pain?
- What does it mean to endure hardships, and how can I support others who are going through difficult times?
- How can I better understand the concept of suffering in the context of faith?
The early church on this verse — how the Fathers read it
The early church fathers, such as Gregory the Dialogist, have commented on this verse, interpreting Job's lament as a reflection of the Church's suffering.
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and I have numbered me wearisome nights. Yet, if this sentence be referred to the voice of Holy Church, the meaning thereof is traced out with a little more particularity.Early Church Fathers on Job 7 →
Commentators on this verse — 8 expositors, verse by verse
Each of these wrote on Job 7:3 itself, not merely on the chapter around it.
John Gill1697–1771Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleSo am I made to possess months of vanity,.... This is not a reddition or application of the above similes of the servant and hireling, Job 7:1; for that is to be understood, and to be supplied at the
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Robert Jamieson1802–1880Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown's CommentarySo am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me. Months of vanity - comfortless misfortune. "I am made (obliged against my will) to posses" - literally, to be heir to-irony.
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Matthew Poole1624–1679Matthew Poole's Commentary on the Holy BibleThis so respects not so much the desire and expectation of a hired servant, which is expressed , as the ground and reason of it, which is plainly implied there, to wit, his hard toil and service, which makes him thirst after rest. I am made to possess; God, by his sovereign power and providence, hath given me this as my lot and inheritance. Months; so he calls them rather than days, to note either the irksomeness and tediousness of his affliction, whereby every day seemed a month to him; or their length and continuance, which, as some infer from hence, had now been upon him some months. Of vanity; empty and unsatisfying, or false and deceitful, not giving me that ease and rest which they…
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John Trapp1601–1669Trapp's Complete Commentary on the Old and New TestamentsJob 7:3 So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.Ver. 3. So am I made to possess months of vanity] So, but a great deal worse than so is it with me. The labouring servant hath his shade; the painful hireling hath his hire at the set time; but I am made to possess, or have assigned to me for mine inheritance, not days, but whole months of vanity, that is, of molestation and misery, void of the least comfort or hope of amendment. The soldier, servant, hireling, suffer hardship in hope of better; but with me it is every day worse than other; and were it not for the hope of heaven, the life I lead here would be a little hell to me. From the months of…
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AdamClarkeAdam Clarke's Commentary on the BibleVerse 3. So am I made to possess] But night is no relief to me, it is only a continuance of my anxiety and labour. I am like the hireling, I have my appointed labour for the day. I am like the soldier harassed by the enemy: I am obliged to be continually on the watch, always on the look out, with scarcely any rest.
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CambridgeThe Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges3. made to possess] lit. made to inherit. They are laid on him by the will of another. Job narrows his view here from the lot of men in general to his own. He is one of an afflicted race, but the universal misery does not alleviate his own, it rather increases it. That loss is common would not make My own less bitter, rather more; Too common! Never morning wore To evening, but some heart did break. A sorrowing Arab poet gives expression to a different feeling: Did not a common sorrow console me I would not live an hour among men, But whenever I will, they in like condition with myself respond to me. Hamasa, p. 389, 396. The point of comparison between Job’s life and the day of the hireling…
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Albert Barnes1798–1870Barnes' Notes on the BibleSo am I made to possess - Hebrew I am made to inherit. The meaning is, that such sad and melancholy seasons now were his only portion.
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Daniel Denison Whedon1808–1885Whedon's Commentary on the Bible3. Months of vanity — The misery, ùׁ ?åà, (not “vanity.”) that he is made to inherit month after month, is the pivot of the comparison. As a slave suffers and desires rest, so does Job.
Read Daniel Denison Whedon on Job 7 →The verse in English, compared — 17 translations, and where they part company
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Modern formal
So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.
so I am made to possess months of misery, wearisome nights are appointed to me.
So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed to me.
thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me.
Tyndale line
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
So am I made to possess months of misery, And wearisome nights are appointed to me.
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
So haue I had as an inheritance the moneths of vanitie, and painefull nights haue bene appointed vnto me.
Strictly literal
So am I made to possess months of vanity, and wearisome nights are appointed to me.
So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, And nights of misery they numbered to me.
So I have been caused to inherit months of vanity, || And they numbered nights of misery to me.
So was I compelled to possess months of vanity, and nights of trouble were counted out unto me.
so I have been made to endure months of misery; I have been given trouble-filled nights.
From the Latin
So I also have had empty months, and have numbered to myself wearisome nights.
Simplified
I've been given months of emptiness and nights of misery.
So I have for my heritage months of pain to no purpose, and nights of weariness are given to me.
Counted from the translations carried on this site, not from a survey of every English Bible. A rendering shared by many versions is usually inherited rather than independently arrived at — the Tyndale line in particular runs through most of them.
The sentence as the grammar sees it — from the MACULA Hebrew treebank
This is not our own analysis: it is the scholarly syntax tree for the verse, showing how the clause actually holds together.
Boxes are the grammarian's groupings — clause, noun phrase, prepositional phrase.
The four witnesses to this verse — Masoretic, Septuagint, Samaritan, Qumran
The Masoretic Text and the Septuagint are largely in agreement, with eight out of nine words matching. The Septuagint reflects a similar sentiment but expresses it in a different structure, focusing on endurance rather than mere allotment.
כֵּ֤ן הָנְחַ֣לְתִּי לִ֭י יַרְחֵי־ שָׁ֑וְא וְלֵיל֥וֹת עָ֝מָ֗ל מִנּוּ־ לִֽי׃
8 of the 9 words are matched. This is the word-by-word correspondence, not the Septuagint's own sentence — its word order and its articles are its own.
Four traditions, not one. “On the leather” means the letters physically survive on the scroll, as against letters an editor has supplied to fill a hole in it — a restoration is a scholar’s reading, not a reading of the manuscript. Words in [square brackets] are supplied; the notes count them apart from what survives.
The map of this verse — what each word keeps company with
This is a map of two things, both counted rather than judged. Company kept: which words stand within three words of each of these, anywhere in the Hebrew Bible — the thicker the line, the more often the pair meet compared with chance. Built from: the words a word is made out of, taken from its own Strong’s entry. It is not a map of meaning: nothing here claims two words mean the same thing. Click any circle to see the numbers behind it.
Lexicons — every word in Job 7:3
One dossier per word, with every reference work grouped by kind — Hebrew lexicons, morphology, Bible dictionaries, topical chains and the English of the translators themselves. The verse sits at the head of each block with the word under study lit, so you never lose your place. The panel above gives the short answer; this is the long one, and it is the part of the page worth indexing.
Every entry below is the lexicographer's own text. On the Hebrew: Brown-Driver-Briggs entire and its gloss set, Strong's Hebrew Dictionary, and Tyndale House's Translators Brief lexicon. Where a cell says a work has no entry, that work genuinely has none for this word.
The Hebrew word כֵּן (*ken*) is built from the root meaning 'set upright.' It functions as an adjective meaning 'right,' 'veritable,' or 'honest,' and as an adverb meaning 'so,' 'therefore,' or 'thus.' It appears in various contexts, often indicating manner or relation, and is used in phrases like 'forasmuch as.'
כֵּן adj. right, veritable, honest
right
veritable, true
pl. concr. honest (men)
base
כִּי עַל כֵּן forasmuch as
base
כֵּן adv. so
base
H3651a כֵּן adj. right, veritable, honest H3651b כִּי עַל כֵּן forasmuch as H3651c כֵּן so
3651 ken kane
from 3559; properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as
adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction)
rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and
relation; often with other particles):--+ after that
(this, -ward, -wards), as ... as, + (for-)asmuch as yet, + be
(for which) cause, + following, howbeit, in (the) like
(manner, -wise), X the more, right, (even) so, state,
straightway, such (thing), surely, + there (where)-fore, this,
thus, true, well, X you.
see HEBREW for 03559
כֵּן (ken) — right.
adv
adj
1) right, just, honest, true, veritable
1a) right, just, honest
1b) correct
1c) true, veritable
[כִּי עַל] כֵּן ([ki al] ken) — as.
adv
forasmuch as, since
כֵּן (ken) — so.
adv
1) so, therefore, thus
1a) thus, so
1b) just so
1c) therefore
1d) so...as (paired with adv)
1e) then
1f) forasmuch as (in phrase)
1g) (with prep)
1g1) therefore, this being so (specific)
1g2) hitherto
1g3) therefore, on this ground (general)
1g4) afterwards
1g5) in such case
Aramaic equivalent: ken (כֵּן "thus" H3652)
Part — AdverbHD
so (co', although the Hebrew might be pointed cewe'; Assyrian Sib'u; Septuagint Segor, Soa; Manetho, Seuechos; Latin Sevechus; Herodotus (ii. 137 ff), Sabakon): In all probability the "Sabaeo" of Herodotus, the Shabaka, who founded the Ethiopian dynasty, the XXVth of Egyptian kings. His date is given as 715-707 BC (Flinders Petrie, History of Egypt, III, 281 ff), but we may suppose that before his accession to the throne he was entitled to be designated king, as being actually regent. To this So, Hoshea, king of Israel, made an appeal for assistance to enable him to throw off the yoke of the Assyrian Shalmaneser IV (2Ki 17:3). But Hoshea's submission to So brought him no advantage, for Shalmaneser came up throughout all the land and laid siege to Samaria. Not long after the fall of Samaria, So ventured upon an eastern campaign, and…
So
(Nubian, Sabako), an Ethiopian king who brought Egypt under his sway. He was bribed by Hoshea to help him against the Assyrian monarch Shalmaneser (2 Kings 17:4). This was a return to the policy that had been successful in the reign of Jeroboam I.
"So, king of Egypt," is once mentioned in the Bible -- (2 Kings 17:4) So has been identified by different writers with the first and second kings of the Ethiopian twenty-fifth dynasty, called by Manetho, Sabakon (Shebek) and Sebichos (Shebetek).
King of Egypt, made an alliance with Hoshea king of Israel, and promised him assistance; but was unable to prevent Shalmaneser king of Assyria from taking Samaria and subverting the kingdom, B. C. 721, 2Ki 17:4. See PHARAOH.
So is believed to have been the Servetus or Sabaco II of secular history, the second king of the Ethiopian or twenty-fifth dynasty, and the predecessor of Trihakah. A singular fact has been brought to light by the recent explorations at Nineveh, corroborating the Scripture record the more forcibly, because unexpected and direct. The Bible shows that Egypt and Assyria, though remote, were often in conflict during the height of the Assyrian ruins power, and that So was at war with Shalmaneser. After war comes the treaty of peace; and as the Bible prepares us to suppose such treaties were made, the Assyrian ruins…
נָחַל (nachal) is a Hebrew verb meaning to inherit or take possession. It encompasses various aspects of acquiring property, including dividing land and bequeathing inheritance. The entries detail its uses in different grammatical forms, such as Qal for taking possession and Hiphil for giving as an inheritance. There is no significant disagreement among the lexicons regarding its meanings.
נָחַל vb. denom. get or take as a possession
Qal
take possession, inherit
fig. have or get as a possession, property
divide the land for a possession
Pi. divide for a possession
Hithp. possess oneself of land
Hiph.
give as a possession
cause to inherit, give as an inheritance
Hoph. made to possess
base
H5157 נָחַל vb. denom. get or take as a possession
5157 nachal naw-khal'
a primitive root; to inherit (as a (figurative) mode of
descent), or (generally) to occupy; causatively, to bequeath,
or (generally) distribute, instate:--divide, have
((inheritance)), take as a heritage, (cause to, give to, make
to) inherit, (distribute for, divide (for, for an, by), give
for, have, leave for, take (for)) inheritance, (have in, cause
to, be made to) possess(-ion).
נָחַל (na.chal) — to inherit.
1) to get as a possession, acquire, inherit, possess
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to take possession, inherit
1a2) to have or get as a possession or property (fig.)
1a3) to divide the land for a possession
1a4) to acquire (testimonies) (fig.)
1b) (Piel) to divide for a possession
1c) (Hithpael) to possess oneself of
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to give as a possession
1d2) to cause to inherit, give as an inheritance
1e) (Hophal) to be allotted, be made to possess
V-Hophal-Perf-1cs — Verb · Hophal · perfect first person common singularHVHp1cs
נִי (ni) — me.
Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 1st person singular
HR/Sp1bs — Preposition · suffixHR/Sp1bs
יֶ֫רַח (yerach) means 'month' and is derived from an unused root of uncertain meaning. It refers to a lunar cycle or calendar month and is associated with the moon. The Aramaic equivalent is יְרַח (ye.rach).
יֶ֫רַח n.m. month
base
H3391 יֶ֫רַח month
3391 yerach yeh'-rakh
from a unused root of uncertain signification; a lunation,
i.e. month:--month, moon.
יֶ֫רַח (ye.rach) — month.
1) month (lunar cycle), moon
1a) month
1b) calendar month
Aramaic equivalent: ye.rach (יְרַח "month" H3393)
N-mp — Noun common · masculine plural constructHNcmpc
ov:
(1) In Anglo-Saxon, had the meaning "from," "away from" (as the strengthened form "off" has still), and was not used for genitive or possessive relations, these being expressed by special case-forms. In the Norman period, however, "of" was taken to represent the French de (a use well developed by the time of Chaucer), and in the Elizabethan period both senses of "of" were in common use. But after about 1600 the later force of the word became predominant, and in the earlier sense (which is now practically obsolete) it was replaced by other prepositions. In consequence the King James Version (and in some cases the Revised Version (British and American)) contains many uses of "of" that are no longer familiar--most of them, to be sure, causing no difficulty, but there still being a few responsible for real obscurities.
OF, preposition ov. [Gr.]
1. From or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author or agent bestowing.
I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you. 1 Corinthians 11:1.
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. Joshua 11:1.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.
Lamentations 3:1.
The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16:1.
Go, inquire of the Lord for me. 2 Chronicles 34:2.
That holy thing that shall be born of thee. Luke 1:1.
Hence of is the sign of the genitive case, the case that denotes production; as the son of man, the son proceeding from man, produced from man. This is the primary sense, although we now say, produced by man. 'Part of these were slain; ' that is, a number separate, for part denotes a division; the sense then is, a number from or out of the whole were slain. So also, 'some of these were slain; ' that is…
The Hebrew word שָׁוְא (*shav*) means emptiness or vanity. It conveys ideas of falsehood, worthlessness, and deception, both in a literal sense and in terms of moral or spiritual emptiness. The lexicons highlight its use in describing empty speech or conduct that is devoid of value.
שָׁוְא n.[m.] emptiness, vanity
base
H7723 שָׁוְא emptiness, vanity
7723 shav' shawv
or shav {shav}; from the same as 7722 in the sense of
desolating; evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally
(especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false,
subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also
adverbially, in vain):--false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
see HEBREW for 07722
שָׁוְא (shav) — vanity: false.
: false
1) emptiness, vanity, falsehood
1a) emptiness, nothingness, vanity
1b) emptiness of speech, lying
1c) worthlessness (of conduct)
Also means: shav (שָׁוְא ": vain" H7723H)
שָׁוְא (shav) — vanity: vain.
: vain/empty/worthless
1) emptiness, vanity, falsehood
1a) emptiness, nothingness, vanity
1b) emptiness of speech, lying
1c) worthlessness (of conduct)
N-ms — Noun common · masculine singular absoluteHNcmsa
לַ֫יְלָה (layil) means 'night' and is derived from a root that suggests a twist away from light. It encompasses the literal sense of night as opposed to day, as well as figurative uses related to gloom or adversity. The term appears in contexts like Isaiah 21:11.
לַ֫יְלָה, לַ֫יִל 242 n.m. night
base
H3915 לַ֫יְלָה, לַ֫יִל night
3915 layil lah'-yil
or (Isa. 21:11) leyl {lale}; also laylah {lah'- yel-aw}; from
the same as 3883; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e.
night; figuratively, adversity:--((mid-))night (season).
see HEBREW for 03883
לַ֫יְלָה (lay.lah) — night.
1) night
1a) night (as opposed to day)
1b) of gloom, protective shadow (fig.)
Conj | N-mp — Conjunction · noun common feminine plural constructHC/Ncfpc
ov:
(1) In Anglo-Saxon, had the meaning "from," "away from" (as the strengthened form "off" has still), and was not used for genitive or possessive relations, these being expressed by special case-forms. In the Norman period, however, "of" was taken to represent the French de (a use well developed by the time of Chaucer), and in the Elizabethan period both senses of "of" were in common use. But after about 1600 the later force of the word became predominant, and in the earlier sense (which is now practically obsolete) it was replaced by other prepositions. In consequence the King James Version (and in some cases the Revised Version (British and American)) contains many uses of "of" that are no longer familiar--most of them, to be sure, causing no difficulty, but there still being a few responsible for real obscurities.
OF, preposition ov. [Gr.]
1. From or out of; proceeding from, as the cause, source, means, author or agent bestowing.
I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered to you. 1 Corinthians 11:1.
For it was of the Lord to harden their hearts. Joshua 11:1.
It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed.
Lamentations 3:1.
The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. Proverbs 16:1.
Go, inquire of the Lord for me. 2 Chronicles 34:2.
That holy thing that shall be born of thee. Luke 1:1.
Hence of is the sign of the genitive case, the case that denotes production; as the son of man, the son proceeding from man, produced from man. This is the primary sense, although we now say, produced by man. 'Part of these were slain; ' that is, a number separate, for part denotes a division; the sense then is, a number from or out of the whole were slain. So also, 'some of these were slain; ' that is…
עָמָל (amal) refers to trouble, labor, or toil. It encompasses a range of meanings including physical and mental effort, as well as sorrow and mischief. The word is built from a root that conveys the idea of wearing effort and can imply grievance or wickedness. It appears in contexts related to suffering and toil.
עָמָל n.m. f. trouble, labor, toil
trouble (∥ sorrow): one’s own suffering
trouble, mischief, as done to others
toil, labour (late in Heb.)
base
H5999 עָמָל trouble, labor, toil
5999 `amal aw-mawl'
from 5998; 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.
see HEBREW for 05998
עָמָל (a.mal) — trouble.
1) toil, trouble, labour
1a) trouble
1b) trouble, mischief
1c) toil, labour
N-cs — Noun common · both singular absoluteHNcbsa
→ BORROWING Mt 6:25-34; Mr 5:35,36; Joh 14:1; 16:6,7; Php 4:6; 1Pe 5:7
See AFFLICTION
See SUFFERING
→ INSTANCES OF
Israelites at the Red Sea Ex 14:10-12
About water Ex 15:23-25; 17:2,3; Nu 20:1-13
Food Ex 16:2,3; Nu 11:4-33
When Moses waited upon the mountain Ex 32:1
מָנָה (manah) is a Hebrew verb meaning to count, number, or reckon. It encompasses various forms, including appointing and assigning, and can indicate both active and passive senses, such as being counted or appointed. The entries suggest a range of uses in contexts of enumeration and official designation, but do not provide specific verse references.
מָנָה vb. count, number, reckon, assign
Qal
count, number
reckon, assign, appoint
Niph.
be counted, numbered
be reckoned, assigned
Pi. appoint, ordain
Pu. appointed
base
H4487 מָנָה count, number, reckon, assign .. count, number
. reckon, assign, appoint
. . be counted, numbered
. be reckoned, assigned
. appoint, ordain
. appointed
4487 manah maw-naw'
a primitive root; properly, to weigh out; by implication, to
allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or
enroll:--appoint, count, number, prepare, set, tell.
מָנָה (ma.nah) — to count.
1) to count, reckon, number, assign, tell, appoint, prepare
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to count, number
1a2) reckon, assign, appoint
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be counted, be numbered
1b2) to be reckoned, be assigned
1c) (Piel) to appoint, ordain
1d) (Pual) appointed (participle)
Aramaic equivalent: me.nah (מְנָה "to reckon/appoint" H4483)
V-Piel-Perf-3cp — Verb · Piel · perfect third person common pluralHVpp3cp
נִי (ni) — me.
Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 1st person singular
HR/Sp1bs — Preposition · suffixHR/Sp1bs
