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title: יָגָה — suffer · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָגָה (3013), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: suffer. BDB 1906: vb. suffer. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָגָה

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«יָגָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **suffer** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 3013 · **BDB:** יָגָה

### Glosses

he.has.caused.grief (2); \[are\].grieved (1); \[those.who.are\].grieved (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

suffer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3013/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. suffer [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3013/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. suffer, not in (cf. Arabic وَجَى castravit, وَجِىَ be abraded (of the foot); of horse, have pain in the hoof)— Pt. fpl. נוּגוֹת (on form v. Köi. 582) La 1:4 (‖ נֶאֱנָחִים, מַר) grieved, mpl. cstr. נוּגֵי (v. Köl.c.) Zp 3:18 (sq. prep., cf. Ges§ 130. 1); of virgins of Zion La 1:4; of exiles Zp 3:18. Impf. וַיַּגֶּה (for וַיְיַגֶּה, v. Köi. 582. 412) grieve, sq. acc. La 3:33 (‖ עִנָּה). Pf. 3 ms. הוֹנָה La 1:12; 3:32; sf. הוֹגָהּ La 1:5; Impf. 2 mpl. תֹּגְיוּן Jb 19:2; Pt. pl. sf. מוֹגַיִךְ Is 51:23;—cause grief or sorrow, abs. La 3:32 (opp. רִחַם); sq. acc. (Zion) La 1:5, cf. Is 51:23, also La 1:12 (obj. om., but אשׁר of grief = wherewith); sq. נַפְשִׁי Jb 19:2.—On 2 S 20:13 v. II. יגה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָגָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3013/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Lamentations 3:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.32/)

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כִּ֣י אִם־הוֹגָ֔ה וְרִחַ֖ם כְּרֹ֥ב חֲסָדָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* (dm) though he.has.caused.grief and he.will.have.compassion according to.the.greatness his.covenant.loyalti(es) his

*JPS 1917:* For though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies.

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[Lamentations 3:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.33/)

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כִּ֣י לֹ֤א עִנָּה֙ מִלִּבּ֔וֹ וַיַּגֶּ֖ה בְנֵי־אִֽישׁ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) not he.has.afflicted from heart his and he.has.grieved the.children of.a.man

*JPS 1917:* For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.

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