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title: יְעָף — weariness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יְעָף (lemma:יְעָף), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: weariness. BDB 1906: weariness, faintness. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יְעָף

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«יְעָף» in the Tanakh dictionary: **weariness** — 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:** lemma:יְעָף · **BDB:** יְעָף

### Glosses

weariness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

weariness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e2_5b8_5e3/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

weariness, faintness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e2_5b8_5e3/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] weariness, faintness (Aramaism, according to LagBN 175);—מֻעָף בִּיעָף weary with weariness, utterly weary Dn 9:21 (from winged flight, said of Gabriel).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (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 «יְעָף» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b0_5e2_5b8_5e3/), 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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