🔼The name Amal: Summary
- Meaning
- Toil, Trouble
- Etymology
- From the verb עמל (amal), to toil or labor.
🔼The name Amal in the Bible
The only Amal mentioned in the Bible is a son of Helem, who is the brother of Shemer, of the tribe of Asher of Israel (1 Chronicles 7:35).
🔼Etymology of the name Amal
The name Amal comes from the verb עמל (amal), meaning to labor:
Excerpted from: Abarim Publications' Biblical Dictionary
עמל
The verb עמל ('amal) means to toil. Noun עמל ('amal) means trouble, toil or labor; noun עמל ('amel) describes a laborer or sufferer, and the adjective עמל ('amel) means toiling.
🔼Amal meaning
For a meaning of the name Amal, NOBSE Study Bible Name List reads Toil. Jones' Dictionary of Old Testament Proper Names proposes Troublesome. BDB Theological Dictionary doesn't translate but acknowledges that the name Amal is spelled identical to the masculine noun meaning trouble, toil or labor.