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title: עָיֵף — faint · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָיֵף (5889), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 17 times: faint. BDB 1906: adj. faint, weary. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָיֵף

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«עָיֵף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 17 times · **Key:** 5889 · **BDB:** עָיֵף

### Glosses

weary (5); exhausted (3); \[am\].exhausted (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

faint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5889/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. faint, weary [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5889/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. faint, weary;—ע׳ abs. Gn 25:29 +; f. עֲיֵפָה Je 31:25 +; pl. עֲיֵפִים Ju 8:4 +;—from exertion and hunger Gn 25:29, 30 (J), Ju 8:4, 5; Dt 25:18 (+ יָגֵעַ), cf. Is 5:27, הָנִיחוּ לֶע׳ 28:12 (fig.), 2 S 16:14 (si vera l., n.pr.loc. needed, cf. We Dr HPS); + רָעֵב, צָמֵא 17:29; specif. from thirst Is 29:8 (sim.), Jb 22:7, נֶפֶשׁ ע׳ Pr 25:25 and (fig.) Je 31:25 (‖ דָּֽאֲבָה); hence אֶרֶץ צִיָּה וְעָיֵף ψ 63:2 (fig., on masc. v. KöSynt.§ 334 f.), cf. 143:6 (sim.), Is 32:2 (opp. צֵל, in sim.); ע׳ sc. beast 46:1.—Vid. also foregoing.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 17 of its verses cited, 2 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 «עָיֵף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5889/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 22:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.22.7/)

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לֹא־מַ֭יִם עָיֵ֣ף תַּשְׁקֶ֑ה וּ֝מֵרָעֵ֗ב תִּֽמְנַֽע־לָֽחֶם׃

*Word for word:* not water \[the\].weary you.have.given.to.drink and from.\[the\] hungry you.have.withheld bread

*JPS 1917:* Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

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[Jeremiah 31:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.31.25/)

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כִּ֥י הִרְוֵ֖יתִי נֶ֣פֶשׁ עֲיֵפָ֑ה וְכָל־נֶ֥פֶשׁ דָּאֲבָ֖ה מִלֵּֽאתִי׃

*Word for word:* (dm) I.give.water.to \[the\].throat of.\[the\].weary and every person \[who\].it.has.become.faint I.fill

*JPS 1917:* For I have satiated the weary soul, and every pining soul have I replenished.

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