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title: יְגִעָה — wearying · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְגִעָה (3024), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: wearying. BDB 1906: n.f. wearying. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְגִעָה

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«יְגִעָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wearying** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3024 · **BDB:** יְגִעָה

### Glosses

\[is\].weariness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wearying [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3024/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. wearying [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3024/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. wearying (late format., DrIntr. 455 SiegfNH Gram. § 47 b) וְלַהַג הַרְבֵּה יְגִעַת בָּשָׂר Ec 12:12 and studying much is a wearying of flesh.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יְגִעָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3024/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ecclesiastes 12:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/ECC.12.12/)

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וְיֹתֵ֥ר מֵהֵ֖מָּה בְּנִ֣י הִזָּהֵ֑ר עֲשׂ֨וֹת סְפָרִ֤ים הַרְבֵּה֙ אֵ֣ין קֵ֔ץ וְלַ֥הַג הַרְבֵּ֖ה יְגִעַ֥ת בָּשָֽׂר׃

*Word for word:* and excess more than.them my.child my be.warned to.make books many there.\[is\].not an.end and study much \[is\].weariness of.flesh

*JPS 1917:* And furthermore, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

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