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title: לָאָה — be weary · The Tanakh dictionary
description: לָאָה (3811), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: be weary. BDB 1906: vb. be weary, impatient. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# לָאָה

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«לָאָה» 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:** 19 times · **Key:** 3811 · **BDB:** לָאָה

### Glosses

I.am.weary (2); I.had.wearied.myself (1); I.will.be.weary (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be weary [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3811/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be weary, impatient [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3811/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be weary, impatient (cf. Arabic لَأَى be slow, hesitating (Frey); بَعْدَ لَأْىٍ after difficulty, لَأْيًا with difficulty (Lane3007); Aramaic לְאִי, ܠܐܴܐ, ܠܐܻܝ );— Impf. 2 ms. תִּלְאֶה Jb 4:2; וַתֵּ֫לֶא Jb 4:5; 3 pl. וַיִּלְאוּ Gn 19:11;—be weary (in vain endeavour) sq. Inf. Gn 19:11; be weary, impatient at attempted consolation abs. Jb 4:2; at calamity abs. Jb 4:5 (‖ בָּהַל). Pf. נִלְאָה Pr 26:15 + 2 times; 2 fs. נִלְאֵית Is 47:13; נִלְאֵיתִי Is 1:14 + 3 times;—sq. inf. be weary (ל) of doing a thing, Ex 7:18 (JE), make oneself weary in doing something Pr 26:15 (of sluggard’s laziness), weary (i.e. strenuously exert) oneself to Je 9:4; 20:9 (both ל om.); abs. of hopeless prayer נִל׳ על־הַבָּמָה Moab, Is 16:12 (‖ נִרְאָה, בָּא אֶל־מִקְדָּשׁוֹ לְהִתְפַּלֵּל); of vain consultations, (sq. בְּ) Babylon Is 47:13; subj. י׳, sq. inf. Is 1:14; Je 6:11; 15:6, always of exhausted patience; fig. of parched soil (abs.) ψ 68:10. Pf. 3 ms. sf. הֶלְאָנִי Jb 16:7; 3 fs. הֶלְאָת Ez 24:12 (del. 𝔊 Co), 1 s. sf. הֶלְאֵתִיךָ Mi 6:3; Impf. וַיַּלְאוּךָ Je 12:5; תַּלְאוּ Is 7:13; Inf. cstr. הַלְאוֹת Is 7:13;—weary, make weary, exhaust, sq. acc. Jb 16:7 (subj. God); exhaust patience of, obj. God Is 7:13; obj. men Is 7:13; Je 12:5; Mi 6:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 18 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «לָאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1500/3811/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 16:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.16.7/)

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אַךְ־עַתָּ֥ה הֶלְאָ֑נִי הֲ֝שִׁמּ֗וֹתָ כָּל־עֲדָתִֽי׃

*Word for word:* nevertheless now he has.made.me.weary you.have.devastated all company my

*JPS 1917:* But now He hath made me weary; Thou hast made desolate all my company.

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[Psalms 68:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.68.10/)

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גֶּ֣שֶׁם נְ֭דָבוֹת תָּנִ֣יף אֱלֹהִ֑ים נַחֲלָתְךָ֥ וְ֝נִלְאָ֗ה אַתָּ֥ה כֽוֹנַנְתָּֽהּ׃

*Word for word:* rain of.voluntariness(es) you.shed.abroad O.God inheritance your (and) weary you you established.it

*JPS 1917:* A bounteous rain didst Thou pour down, O God; when Thine inheritance was weary, Thou didst confirm it.

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