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title: יָעֵף — be weary · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָעֵף (3288), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be weary. BDB 1906: vb. be weary, faint. With 1 verse 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3288 · **BDB:** יָעֵף

### Glosses

wearied (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be weary [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3288/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be weary, faint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3288/#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, 1 of its verses cited, 0 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, 0 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/1497/3288/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 9:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.9.21/)

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וְע֛וֹד אֲנִ֥י מְדַבֵּ֖ר בַּתְּפִלָּ֑ה וְהָאִ֣ישׁ גַּבְרִיאֵ֡ל אֲשֶׁר֩ רָאִ֨יתִי בֶחָז֤וֹן בַּתְּחִלָּה֙ מֻעָ֣ף בִּיעָ֔ף נֹגֵ֣עַ אֵלַ֔י כְּעֵ֖ת מִנְחַת־עָֽרֶב׃

*Word for word:* and still I \[was\].speaking in (the) prayer and the man Gabriel whom I.had.seen in the vision at the beginning wearied with weariness \[was\].approaching (to) me about.\[the\] time of.\[the\].offering of.\[the\].evening

*JPS 1917:* yea, while I was speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, approached close to me about the time of the evening offering.

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