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# יָגָה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3013

**suffer** — used 8 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

suffer [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3013/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָגָה: vb. suffer [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3013/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. suffer, not in (cf. Arabic وَجَى castravit, وَجِىَ be abraded (of the foot); of horse, have pain in the hoof)— Pt. fpl. נוּגוֹת (on form v. Köi. 582) La 1:4 (‖ נֶאֱנָחִים, מַר) grieved, mpl. cstr. נוּגֵי (v. Köl.c.) Zp 3:18 (sq. prep., cf. Ges§ 130. 1); of virgins of Zion La 1:4; of exiles Zp 3:18. Impf. וַיַּגֶּה (for וַיְיַגֶּה, v. Köi. 582. 412) grieve, sq. acc. La 3:33 (‖ עִנָּה). Pf. 3 ms. הוֹנָה La 1:12; 3:32; sf. הוֹגָהּ La 1:5; Impf. 2 mpl. תֹּגְיוּן Jb 19:2; Pt. pl. sf. מוֹגַיִךְ Is 51:23;—cause grief or sorrow, abs. La 3:32 (opp. רִחַם); sq. acc. (Zion) La 1:5, cf. Is 51:23, also La 1:12 (obj. om., but אשׁר of grief = wherewith); sq. נַפְשִׁי Jb 19:2.—On 2 S 20:13 v. II. יגה.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he has caused grief (2); \[are\] grieved (1); \[those who are\] grieved (1).

## In the verses

[Lamentations 3:32](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.32/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.32/#tree)

כִּ֣י אִם־הוֹגָ֔ה וְרִחַ֖ם כְּרֹ֥ב חֲסָדָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* (dm) though he.has.caused.grief and he.will.have.compassion according to.the.greatness his.covenant.loyalti(es) his

*JPS 1917:* For though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies.

[Lamentations 3:33](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.33/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/LAM.3.33/#tree)

כִּ֣י לֹ֤א עִנָּה֙ מִלִּבּ֔וֹ וַיַּגֶּ֖ה בְנֵי־אִֽישׁ׃

*Word for word:* (dm) not he.has.afflicted from heart his and he.has.grieved the.children of.a.man

*JPS 1917:* For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3013.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3013/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).