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# יָעֵף

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3286

**be weary** — 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

be weary [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3286/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָעֵף: vb. be weary, faint [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3286/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be weary, faint (Arabic وَغَفَ run and shew weariness)— Pf. וְיָעֵ֑פוּ consec. Je 51:58, 64; Impf. יִיעַף Is 40:28; וַיִּעָ֑ף 44:12; יִֽעֲפוּ 40:30; יִיעָ֑פוּ v 31 Je 2:24; יִעָ֑פוּ Hb 2:13;—be or grow weary Je 2:24 (in seeking); = exhaust oneself fruitlessly Hb 2:13 (‖ יגע), hence Je 51:58, 64 (repeated by error from v 58); of י׳ (neg.); Is 40:28 (‖ יגע); youth 40:30 (‖ id.); the god-fearing v 31 (‖ id.); be faint from lack of water 44:12 (‖ אֵין כֹּחַ from hunger). Pt. wearied Dn 9:21 מֻעָף בִּיעָף (v. יְעָף).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they grow weary (3); they will grow weary (3); he grew weary (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 40:30](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.40.30/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.40.30/#tree)

וְיִֽעֲפ֥וּ נְעָרִ֖ים וְיִגָ֑עוּ וּבַחוּרִ֖ים כָּשׁ֥וֹל יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ׃

*Word for word:* and they.grow.weary youths and they.become.weary and young.men surely.(stumble) they.stumble

*JPS 1917:* Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall;

[Isaiah 40:31](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.40.31/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.40.31/#tree)

וְקוֹיֵ֤ יְהוָה֙ יַחֲלִ֣יפוּ כֹ֔חַ יַעֲל֥וּ אֵ֖בֶר כַּנְּשָׁרִ֑ים יָר֙וּצוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִיגָ֔עוּ יֵלְכ֖וּ וְלֹ֥א יִיעָֽפוּ׃פ

*Word for word:* and \[those.who\].wait.for (of).Yahweh they.will.renew strength they.will.go.up wing\[s\] like (the) eagles they.will.run and not they.will.become.weary they.will.walk and not they.will.grow.weary

*JPS 1917:* But they that wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3286.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3286/): 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).