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H5999
Hebrew
Original Word
עָמָלTransliteration
ʻâmâl
Pronunciation
aw-mawl'
Definition
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.
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