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ˁml, ˁmlˀ (ˁmal, ˁamlā) n.m. labor
√ ˁml vb.
1
labor, toil
Common Aramaic
TgJ Is40:28↗ אְלָה עָלְמָא יוי דִברָא יְסוֹדֵי אַרעָא לָא בַעְמַל וְלָא בְלֵיאוּ‏ : the Lord is the eternal God who created the foundations of the earth neither with hard labor nor with exhausting toil ; GT E Gen41:51↗ ארום נ̊ש̊י יתי ממ׳ דה׳ ית כל עמלי וית כל אנשי ביית̊ה דאבה‏ : for the Lord' memra has made me forget all my toil and all of father's household ; BhBS.E Econ 2.2.6 ܥܡܠܐ ܕܡܢ ܝܘܠܦܢܐ‏ : the weariness that is from study ; P Gn41:51↗ ܟܠܗ ܥܡܠܝ‏ ; BT BM 105a(27)↗ ואנא בעמלאי ובהנפקת ידי פלגא‏ : I (shall take) half for my work and my expenses
(1)
strife (?)
Qumran
4Q318 .2.7↗ אם בדכרא ]ירעם מס̇בת על[ ٠٠٠٠٠٠٠٠٠٠٠٠] עמל למדינתא וחר[ב ٠٠٠]רת מלכא ובמדינתא‏ : if it thunders in Aries there will be revolution/siege against [the king] strife for the province and war against the king and the province
(2)
painful experience
Syr
AlexSy 3:2 ܗܘ݁ ܕܐܬܢܨܚ ܘܐܬܟܠܠ ܒܥ̈ܡܠܐ ܕܡܣܪܩܘܬܐ‏ : he who was celebrated and martyred by the pains of deprivation
2
fruits of labor, property
JLAtg, JPAEpig, Sam, Syr
TgJ Jer20:5↗ יָת כָל עוֹתַר קַרתַא הָדָא וְיָת כָל עַמלַה וְיָת כָל לֵיאוֹתַה‏ ; Naveh 32.10↗ מלך עלמה יתן ברכתה בעמלהון‏ ; P Ps128:2↗ ܥܡܠܐ ܕܐ̈ܝܕܝܟ‏
3
rent, income
JBA
BT Ket 69a(43)↗ מגבינא אפילו מעמלא דבתי‏ : I used to authorize the collection (of the tenth of the estate) even from the income of houses
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Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 1112[530]DJPA: 411aDJBA: 870aJastrow: 1089J. Payne-Smith: 417bLevy Ch-W: 2:223Tal Sam: 643DNWSI: 871DCPA[Schulthess]: 313[148]DJA: 71bQumran: 184
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