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title: פָּגַר — be exhausted · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פָּגַר (6296), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: be exhausted. BDB 1906: vb. be exhausted, faint. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פָּגַר

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«פָּגַר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be exhausted** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 6296 · **BDB:** פָּגַר

### Glosses

they.had.been.\[too\].exhausted (1); they.were.\[too\].exhausted (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be exhausted [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6296/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be exhausted, faint [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6296/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be exhausted, faint (𝔗 פְּגַר der. spec. tear down, destroy; Assyrian pagru, body, corpse; NH פֶּגֶר = BH; Aramaic פַּגְרָא, ܦܰܓܪܳܐ; Palm. פגר; Mand. פאגרא NöM § 89);—Pf. 3 pl. פִּגְּרוּ מִן they were too faint to go, etc. 1 S 30:10, 21.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 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 «פָּגַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6296/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 30:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.30.10/)

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וַיִּרְדֹּ֣ף דָּוִ֔ד ה֖וּא וְאַרְבַּע־מֵא֣וֹת אִ֑ישׁ וַיַּֽעַמְדוּ֙ מָאתַ֣יִם אִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר פִּגְּר֔וּ מֵעֲבֹ֖ר אֶת־נַ֥חַל הַבְּשֽׂוֹר׃

*Word for word:* and he.pursued David he and four hundred(s) man and they.remained two.hundred man who they.were.\[too\].exhausted for passing.over (et) the.wadi of.(the) Besor

*JPS 1917:* But David pursued, he and four hundred men; for two hundred stayed behind, who were so faint that they could not go over the brook Besor.

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[1 Samuel 30:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.30.21/)

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וַיָּבֹ֣א דָוִ֗ד אֶל־מָאתַ֨יִם הָאֲנָשִׁ֜ים אֲשֶֽׁר־פִּגְּר֣וּ ׀ מִלֶּ֣כֶת ׀ אַחֲרֵ֣י דָוִ֗ד וַיֹּֽשִׁיבֻם֙ בְּנַ֣חַל הַבְּשׂ֔וֹר וַיֵּֽצְאוּ֙ לִקְרַ֣את דָּוִ֔ד וְלִקְרַ֖את הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֑וֹ וַיִּגַּ֤שׁ דָּוִד֙ אֶת־הָעָ֔ם וַיִּשְׁאַ֥ל לָהֶ֖ם לְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ס

*Word for word:* and he.came David to two.hundred the men who they.had.been.\[too\].exhausted for going after David and they had.left.them.behind at the.wadi of.(the) Besor and they.went.out to meet David and to meet the people which \[was\].with him and he.approached David (et) the people and he.asked of them to welfare

*JPS 1917:* And David came to the two hundred men, who were so faint that they could not follow David, whom also they had made to abide at the brook Besor; and they went forth to meet David, and to meet the people that were with him; and when David came near to the people, he saluted them.

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