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title: עיף — be faint · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עיף (5888), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: be faint. BDB 1906: vb. be faint. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עיף

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«עיף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be faint** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 5888 · **BDB:** עִיף²

### Glosses

he.was.weary (2); it.was.weary (2); it.is.weary (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be faint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5888/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be faint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5888/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be faint (cf. Syriac ܥܳܦ 3, PS2835; ‖ form of יעף q.v.; occurrences dub.);— Pf. 3 fs. עָֽיְפָה נַפְשִׁי לְ Je 4:31 (? read עֲיֵפָה); Impf. 3 ms. וַיָּ֫עַף Ju 4:21 (וְיָעֵף GFM Bu), 1 S 14:28 (del. We Bu Kit Löhr, emend. HPS), v 31 (read וַיִּעַף \[√ יעף\] Buhl HPS), 2 S 21:15 (corrupt, HPS; for Philist. name We Dr Bu Kit).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עיף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5888/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 14:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.14.31/)

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וַיַּכּ֞וּ בַּיּ֤וֹם הַהוּא֙ בַּפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים מִמִּכְמָ֖שׂ אַיָּלֹ֑נָה וַיָּ֥עַף הָעָ֖ם מְאֹֽד׃

*Word for word:* and they.defeated on the day (the) that (in) the Philistines from Micmash to Aijalon and it.was.weary the people exceedingly

*JPS 1917:* And they smote of the Philistines that day from Michmas to Aijalon; and the people were very faint.

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[2 Samuel 21:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.21.15/)

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וַתְּהִי־ע֧וֹד מִלְחָמָ֛ה לַפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֵּ֨רֶד דָּוִ֜ד וַעֲבָדָ֥יו עִמּ֛וֹ וַיִּלָּחֲמ֥וּ אֶת־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים וַיָּ֥עַף דָּוִֽד׃

*Word for word:* and it.belonged again war to the Philistines with Israel and he.went.down David and servants his with him and they.fought with \[the\].Philistines and he.was.weary David

*JPS 1917:* And the Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines; and David waxed faint.

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