amal · languish

What it means

amal (אָמַל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “languish”.

Wither, lose strength.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To lose strength, dry up.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• languishes ×7
• languish ×6
• weak ×1
• wither ×1
• withers ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Samuel×1
• Isaiah×6
• Jeremiah×2
• Lamentations×1
• Ezekiel×1
• Hosea×1
• Joel×2
• Nahum×2

• 1 Samuel 2:5

  Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, and those who were hungry have ceased to hunger; even the barren woman has borne seven, and she who has many sons languishes.

• Isaiah 16:8

  For the fields of Heshbon languish, the vine of Sibmah; the lords of the nations have struck down its choice branches; as far as Jazer they reached, they wandered into the wilderness; its shoots spread out, they crossed over the sea.

• Isaiah 19:8

  And the fishermen will moan, and all who cast a hook in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread a net on the surface of the waters will languish.

• Isaiah 24:4

  The earth mourns, withers; the world languishes, withers; the exalted of the people of the earth languish.

• Isaiah 24:7

  The new wine mourns, the vine languishes; all the glad of heart sigh.

• Isaiah 33:9

  The land mourns, languishes; Lebanon is abashed, it withers; Sharon has become like the Arabah, and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

• Jeremiah 14:2

  Judah mourns, and her gates languish; they mourn darkly to the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem goes up.

• Jeremiah 15:9

  She who bore seven languishes; she has breathed out her soul; her sun has gone down while it was still day; she has been put to shame and abashed. And the rest of them I will give to the sword before their enemies, declares YHWH.”

• Lamentations 2:8

  YHWH has planned to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; he has stretched out the line; he has not drawn back his hand from swallowing up; and he has made rampart and wall mourn; together they languish.

• Ezekiel 16:30

  How weak is your heart, declares Adonai YHWH, when you do all these things, the work of an imperious prostitute woman!

• Hosea 4:3

  Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who lives in it will languish, with the animals of the field and with the birds of the heavens; and even the fish of the sea will be taken away.

• Joel 1:10

  The field is devastated, the ground mourns; for the grain is devastated, the new wine has dried up, the oil languishes.

• Joel 1:12

  The vine has dried up, and the fig tree languishes; pomegranate, palm too, and apple tree, all the trees of the field have dried up; for joy has dried up from among human beings.

• Nahum 1:4

  He rebukes the sea and dries it up, and all the rivers he drains; Bashan and Carmel wither, and the bloom of Lebanon withers.

And 2 more times.