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title: יָעֵף — weary · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָעֵף (3287), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: weary. BDB 1906: adj. 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: **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:** 4 times · **Key:** 3287 · **BDB:** יָעֵף²

### Glosses

\[person\] (2); \[the\].weary (1); weary (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

weary [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3287/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. weary, faint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3287/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. weary, faint;—always as subst., except Ju 8:15 אנשׁיך הַיְּעֵפִים (of physical fatigue from lack of bread); הַיָּעֵף 2 S 16:2 (from lack of drink); of mind and spirit Is 40:29 (‖ אֵין אוֹנִים), 50:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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/1497/3287/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 40:29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.40.29/)

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נֹתֵ֥ן לַיָּעֵ֖ף כֹּ֑חַ וּלְאֵ֥ין אוֹנִ֖ים עָצְמָ֥ה יַרְבֶּֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[he.is\].giving to the.weary \[person\] strength and to not strength(s) power he.increases

*JPS 1917:* He giveth power to the faint; and to him that hath no might He increaseth strength.

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[Isaiah 50:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.50.4/)

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אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֗ה נָ֤תַן לִי֙ לְשׁ֣וֹן לִמּוּדִ֔ים לָדַ֛עַת לָע֥וּת אֶת־יָעֵ֖ף דָּבָ֑ר יָעִ֣יר ׀ בַּבֹּ֣קֶר בַּבֹּ֗קֶר יָעִ֥יר לִי֙ אֹ֔זֶן לִשְׁמֹ֖עַ כַּלִּמּוּדִֽים׃

*Word for word:* Lord \[the\] Yahweh he.has.given to me a.tongue of.disciples to know to help (et) \[the\].weary a.word he.awakens in the morning in the morning he.awakens my ear to hear like (the) disciples

*JPS 1917:* The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I should know how to sustain with words him that is weary; He wakeneth morning by morning, He wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught.

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