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title: יָאַשׁ — despair · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָאַשׁ (2976), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: despair. BDB 1906: vb. despair Qal. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָאַשׁ

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«יָאַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **despair** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 2976 · **BDB:** יָאַשׁ

### Glosses

despairing (3); he.will.desist (1); make.despair (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

despair [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2976/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. despair Qal [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2976/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. despair (not in Qal) (NH Hithp. despair of, יֵאוּשׁ desperation; Aramaic Pa. יָאֵשׁ, etc., make despair (so 𝔗 Ec 2:20); Arabic يَىِٔسَ despair)— Pf. וְנוֹאַש consec. 1 S 27:1; Pt. נוֹאָשׁ Je 2:25 + 3 times;—despair, וְנ׳ מִמֶּנִּי שָׁאוּל לְבַקְּשֵׁנִי 1 S 27:1 and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me; pt. desperate, despairing, of Job, Jb 6:26; elsewhere נוֹאָ֑שׁ (foll. אמר) desperate! = there is no hope! Je 2:25; 18:12 Is 57:10. Inf. לְיַאֵשׁ אֶת־לִבִּי עַל כָּל־הֶעָמָל Ec 2:20 to make my heart despair, concerning all the toil.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָאַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2976/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 6:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.6.26/)

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הַלְהוֹכַ֣ח מִלִּ֣ים תַּחְשֹׁ֑בוּ וּ֝לְר֗וּחַ אִמְרֵ֥י נֹאָֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* ? to reprove words do.you.plan and to wind \[the\].words of.\[one.who\].despairs

*JPS 1917:* Do ye hold words to be an argument, but the speeches of one that is desperate to be wind?

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[Isaiah 57:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.57.10/)

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בְּרֹ֤ב דַּרְכֵּךְ֙ יָגַ֔עַתְּ לֹ֥א אָמַ֖רְתְּ נוֹאָ֑שׁ חַיַּ֤ת יָדֵךְ֙ מָצָ֔את עַל־כֵּ֖ן לֹ֥א חָלִֽית׃

*Word for word:* with the.greatness your.journey your you.became.weary not you.said despairing the.life your.hand your you.found therefore not you.became.weak

*JPS 1917:* Thou wast wearied with the length of thy way; yet saidst thou not: 'There is no hope'; thou didst find a renewal of thy strength, therefore thou wast not affected.

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