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title: יְגִיעַ — toil · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְגִיעַ (3018), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: toil. BDB 1906: n.m. toil, product. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְגִיעַ

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«יְגִיעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **toil** — 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:** 16 times · **Key:** 3018 · **BDB:** יְגִיעַ

### Glosses

property (4); the.toil (4); toil (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

toil [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3018/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. toil, product [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3018/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. toil, product;—cstr. יְגִיעַ Gn 31:42 + 5 times; sf. יְגִיעֲךָ Dt 28:33; יְגִיעֶ֑ךָ Jb 39:11; יְגִיעֵךְ Ez 23:29; יְגִיעוֹ ψ 109:11 Ne 5:13; יְגִיעָהּ Jb 39:16 Je 20:5; וִיגִיעֲכֶם Is 55:2; וִיגִיעָם ψ 78:46; pl. sf. יְגִיעַי Ho 12:9 (but יְגִיעָיו 𝔊 Che);— toil, יג׳ כַּפַּיִם Gn 31:42 (E; ‖ עֳנִי), Jb 39:11 (= husbandry), laying of eggs 39:16. result of toil, product, produce, acquired property: יְגִיעַי Ho 12:9 (‖ אוֹן, on text v. supr.), Dt 28:33 (‖ פְּרִי אדמתך), ψ 78:46 (‖ יְבוּל); יְגִיעַ כַּפַּיִם 128:2, Hg 1:11 (‖ דָּגָן, תִּירוֹשׁ, יִצְהָר, אֲשֶׁר תּוֹצִיא הָאֲדָמָה, אָדָם, בְּהֵמָה); Ne 5:13 (‖ בית), ψ 109:11 (‖ כל־אשׁר־לוֹ), Is 45:14 (יגיע מצרים, ‖ סַחַר־כּוּשׁ), 55:2 (‖ כֶּסֶף), Je 3:24 (‖ צֹאן, בָּקָר, בָּנִים, בָּנוֹת), 20:5 (‖ חֹסֶן, יָקָר, of city), Ez 23:29; of Job as product of God’s hands (יְג׳ כַּפֶּיךָ) Jb 10:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 16 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְגִיעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3018/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 128:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.128.2/)

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יְגִ֣יעַ כַּ֭פֶּיךָ כִּ֣י תֹאכֵ֑ל אַ֝שְׁרֶ֗יךָ וְט֣וֹב לָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* the.toil your.hands your (dm) you.will.eat how blessed.\[are\].you! and good \[will belong\].to.you

*JPS 1917:* When thou eatest the labour of thy hands, happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.

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[Psalms 109:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.109.11/)

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יְנַקֵּ֣שׁ נ֭וֹשֶׁה לְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֑וֹ וְיָבֹ֖זּוּ זָרִ֣ים יְגִיעֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* may.he.strike a.creditor to all that \[belongs\].to him and may.they.plunder strangers property his

*JPS 1917:* Let the creditor distrain all that he hath; and let strangers make spoil of his labour.

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