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title: דָּאֵב — become faint · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּאֵב (1669), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 3 times: become faint. BDB 1906: vb. become faint, languish. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּאֵב

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«דָּאֵב» in the Tanakh dictionary: **become faint** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 3 times · **Key:** 1669 · **BDB:** דָּאֵב

### Glosses

\[who\].it.has.become.faint (1); become.faint (1); it.has.become.faint (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

become faint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1669/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. become faint, languish [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1669/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. become faint, languish (NH id. Hiph.; cf. Arabic دَأَبَ toil, weary oneself; v. also דְּאָבָה, דְּאָבוֹן \& cf. דוב)— Pf. 3 fs. דָּֽאֲבָה ψ 88:10 (subj. עַיִן); Inf. לְדַאֲבָה Je 31:12 לֹא יוֹסִיפוּ לְד׳ (subj. ransomed Israel);—Je 31:25 has נֶפֶשׁ דָּֽאֲבָה, of hunger (‖ נֶפֶשׁ עֲיֵפָ֑ה), where adj. or pt. seems needed; Hi Gf דְּאֵבָה or דֹּאֲבָה (the punctuators had, according to them, the Aramaic participle in mind); Thes makes relative clause.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּאֵב» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1669/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 31:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.31.25/)

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כִּ֥י הִרְוֵ֖יתִי נֶ֣פֶשׁ עֲיֵפָ֑ה וְכָל־נֶ֥פֶשׁ דָּאֲבָ֖ה מִלֵּֽאתִי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) I.give.water.to \[the\].throat of.\[the\].weary and every person \[who\].it.has.become.faint I.fill

*JPS 1917:* For I have satiated the weary soul, and every pining soul have I replenished.

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[Psalms 88:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.88.10/)

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עֵינִ֥י דָאֲבָ֗ה מִנִּ֫י עֹ֥נִי קְרָאתִ֣יךָ יְהוָ֣ה בְּכָל־י֑וֹם שִׁטַּ֖חְתִּי אֵלֶ֣יךָ כַפָּֽי׃

*Word for word:* eye my it.has.become.faint from affliction I have.called.out.to.you O.Yahweh on every day I.have.spread.out to you palms my

*JPS 1917:* Mine eye languisheth by reason of affliction; I have called upon Thee, O LORD, every day, I have spread forth my hands unto Thee.

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