H6000 H6000
Amal, a personal name in the tribe of Asher
This name appears once in the genealogical records of Asher in 1 Chronicles. The Hebrew root 'amal could relate to labor or toil, though as a proper name it functions primarily as an identifier. The name appears among descendants of Asher, preserved in the post-exilic genealogical reconstruction. Septuagint witnesses show variation in their attempt to transliterate this unfamiliar name.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A descendant of Asher listed in 1 Chronicles 7:35. The name appears with the conjunction 'and,' indicating its position within a genealogical sequence. While the root might suggest 'toil' or 'labor,' the name functions here as a family identifier. Translations either preserve the phonetic form or leave it untranslated, recognizing its function as a proper noun. 1×
AR["وَ-عامال"]·ben["ও-আমল"]·DE["[ועמל]"]·EN["and-Amal"]·FR["[ועמל]"]·heb["ו-עמל"]·HI["और-आमाल"]·ID["dan-Amal"]·IT["[ועמל]"]·jav["lan-Amal"]·KO["그리고-아말"]·PT["e-Amal"]·RU["и-Амал"]·ES["y-Amal"]·SW["na-Amali"]·TR["ve-Amal"]·urd["اور-عمال"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. עָמָל n.pr.m. name in Asher 1 Ch 7:35, 𝔊 Αμαα, 𝔊L Αλαμ.