עָמָל m. (b. h.; preced. wds.) toil, trouble; fruit of labor, achievement. Midr. Till. to Ps. XC, 10 אפי׳ מלכותו ע׳ ואוו even man’s rulership is toil and vanity; Yalk. ib. 841. Ber. 17ᵃ אשרי מי … ועֲמָלוֹ בתורה blessed he that has been reared in the Law, and whose toil is in the Law. Gen. R. s. 31 שהיתה … בעמלו של רשע a curse rested on the wicked man’s labor. Ex. R. s. 22 שלא היה בעמלו גזל in whose acquired property there was no robbery; a. fr.—Gen. R. s. 39 בית הע׳, v. דָּהוֹן.
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עָמָל m. (b. h.; preced. wds.) toil, trouble; fruit of labor, achievement . Midr. Till. to Ps. XC, 10 אפי׳ מלכותו ע׳ ואוו even man’s rulership is…
References
- Jastrow, עָמֵל II 1
- Midrash Tehillim 90:9
- Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 841:17
- Berakhot 17a:6
- Bereishit Rabbah 31
- Shemot Rabbah 22:3
- Bereishit Rabbah 39:15
- Jastrow, דָּהוֹן 1