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# עָיֵף

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H5889

**faint** — used 17 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

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

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

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

**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.

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)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: weary (5); exhausted (3); \[am\] exhausted (1).

## In the verses

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

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.

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

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.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/5889.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5889/): 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).