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title: יָגֵעַ — toil · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָגֵעַ (3021), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 26 times: toil. BDB 1906: vb. toil, grow be weary. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָגֵעַ

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«יָגֵעַ» 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:** 26 times · **Key:** 3021 · **BDB:** יָגֵעַ

### Glosses

you.have.labored (3); I.have.become.weary (2); they.labor (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

toil [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3021/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. toil, grow be weary [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3021/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. toil, grow or be weary (NH id.; Assyrian êgû, grow weary DlPr 140; Arabic وَجِعَ have pain, suffer)— Pf. יָֽגְעָה 2 S 23:10; יָגַ֫עְתָּ Jos 24:13 Is 43:22; יָגַ֫עַתְּ 47:12 + 2 times; יָגָ֑עַתְּ Is 47:15; יָגַ֫עְתִּי ψ 6:7 + 3 times; יָגַ֫עְנוּ La 5:5; Impf. יִיגָ֑ע Is 40:28; 2 ms. תִּיגַע Pr 23:4; אִיגָ֑ע Jb 9:29; יִיגְעוּ Hb 2:13; יִֽגְעוּ Je 51:58 Is 65:23; יִיגָ֑עוּ Is 40:31; יִגָ֑עוּ v 30;— toil, labour for (בְּ), Jos 24:13 (D), Is 62:8; sq. acc. (אשׁר) 47:15; sq. בְּ instr. v 12; abs. 49:4 (לְרִיק, ‖ וְהֶבֶל כֹּחִי כִלֵּיתִי), cf. 65:23 Je 51:58 (‖ יעף), Hb 2:13 (‖ id.), La 5:5 (‖ לֹא־הוּנַּח־לָ֑נוּ), Jb 9:29, sq. inf. Pr 23:4. grow or be weary, from toil, exertion, endurance, 2 S 23:10 (om. by accident ‖ 1 Ch 11:13); weary because of, sq. בְּ, ψ 6:7; 69:4 Is 43:22; 57:10 Je 45:3; abs. Is 40:28, 30, 31 (in all ‖ יעף). Impf. 3 fs. sf. 3 ms. תְּיַגְּעֶנּוּ Ec 10:15 weary, make weary, subj. עֲמַל הכסילים; 2 ms. תְּיַגַּע cause to go toilsomely Jos 7:3, sq. acc. Pf. 2 ms. sf. הוֹגַעְתַּנִי Is 43:24; הוֹגַעְתִּיךָ v 23; pl. הוֹגַעְתֶּם Mal 2:17; הוֹגָ֑עְנוּ v 17;—make to toil (always c. בְּ instr.), c. acc. pers. make to toil, weary Is 43:23 (‖ העביד), obj. י׳ v 24 (weary, fig.), and so Mal 2:17(×2).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 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, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָגֵעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3021/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 9:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.9.29/)

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אָנֹכִ֥י אֶרְשָׁ֑ע לָמָּה־זֶּ֝֗ה הֶ֣בֶל אִיגָֽע׃

*Word for word:* I I.will.be.guilty why? this vanity will.I.labor

*JPS 1917:* I shall be condemned; why then do I labour in vain?

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[Proverbs 23:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.4/)

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אַל־תִּיגַ֥ע לְֽהַעֲשִׁ֑יר מִֽבִּינָתְךָ֥ חֲדָֽל׃

*Word for word:* do.not labor to gain.riches from understanding your cease

*JPS 1917:* Weary not thyself to be rich; cease from thine own wisdom.

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