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title: יָעֵף — be weary · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָעֵף (3286), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: be weary. BDB 1906: vb. be weary, faint. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָעֵף

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«יָעֵף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be weary** — 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:** 3286 · **BDB:** יָעֵף

### Glosses

they.grow.weary (3); they.will.grow.weary (3); he.grew.weary (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be weary [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3286/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be weary, faint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3286/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be weary, faint (Arabic وَغَفَ run and shew weariness)— Pf. וְיָעֵ֑פוּ consec. Je 51:58, 64; Impf. יִיעַף Is 40:28; וַיִּעָ֑ף 44:12; יִֽעֲפוּ 40:30; יִיעָ֑פוּ v 31 Je 2:24; יִעָ֑פוּ Hb 2:13;—be or grow weary Je 2:24 (in seeking); = exhaust oneself fruitlessly Hb 2:13 (‖ יגע), hence Je 51:58, 64 (repeated by error from v 58); of י׳ (neg.); Is 40:28 (‖ יגע); youth 40:30 (‖ id.); the god-fearing v 31 (‖ id.); be faint from lack of water 44:12 (‖ אֵין כֹּחַ from hunger). Pt. wearied Dn 9:21 מֻעָף בִּיעָף (v. יְעָף).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָעֵף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3286/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 40:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.40.30/)

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וְיִֽעֲפ֥וּ נְעָרִ֖ים וְיִגָ֑עוּ וּבַחוּרִ֖ים כָּשׁ֥וֹל יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.grow.weary youths and they.become.weary and young.men surely.(stumble) they.stumble

*JPS 1917:* Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall;

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[Isaiah 40:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.40.31/)

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וְקוֹיֵ֤ יְהוָה֙ יַחֲלִ֣יפוּ כֹ֔חַ יַעֲל֥וּ אֵ֖בֶר כַּנְּשָׁרִ֑ים יָר֙וּצוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִיגָ֔עוּ יֵלְכ֖וּ וְלֹ֥א יִיעָֽפוּ׃פ

*Word for word:* and \[those.who\].wait.for (of).Yahweh they.will.renew strength they.will.go.up wing\[s\] like (the) eagles they.will.run and not they.will.become.weary they.will.walk and not they.will.grow.weary

*JPS 1917:* But they that wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

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