יָגֵעַ
yâgêaʻ · H3023 · Hebrew · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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weary
State in which humans have lost their strength as a result of laborious work which requires a lot of energy, either physically or mentally
ExamplesDeuteronomy 25:18 how he confronted you on the way and attacked among you all the stragglers at your rear when you were tired and weary; and he did not fear God.
2 Samuel 17:2 “And I will attack him while he is weary and exhausted and startle him, so that all the people who are with him will flee. Then I will strike and kill the king when he is alone,
Ecclesiastes 1:8 All things are wearisome; No one can tell it. The eye is not satisfied with seeing, Nor is the ear filled with hearing.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- דָּבָרword, thing, matter 1
- הוּאhe, she, it 1
- אַתָּהyou 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 6 words
- אֻמְלַל ʼumlal · H536 · languishing, faint
- Both lexemes denote conditions of diminished physical or mental capacity (weariness from labor vs. general weakness). The semantic overlap is real but modest.
- רַךְ rak · H7390 · timid, soft, delicate
- יָגֵעַ (yâgêaʻ, H3023) emphasizes exhaustion or weariness from labor, while רַךְ (rak, H7390) is broader (“soft,” “tender,” “weak,” “faint-hearted”); the two genuinely overlap in the narrow sense of physical weakness or faintness, though רַךְ (rak, H7390)'s fuller range extends beyond it.
- רָפֶה râpheh · H7504 · weak, discouraged
- Both lexemes denote states of diminished physical capacity — weariness from labor versus weakness — and both describe reduced strength or vigor.
- עָיֵף ʻâyêph · H5889 · weary, faint, famished
- Both words denote states of physical or emotional exhaustion and weariness, and could substitute for one another in many contexts.
- אֲמֵלָל ʼămêlâl · H537 · feeble, miserable
- Both words describe states of physical weakness or exhaustion, and could substitute in appropriate contexts; יָגֵעַ (yâgêaʻ, H3023) is glossed "feeble, miserable."
- דְּוַי dᵉvay · H1741 · illness
- Both words denote states of physical or emotional exhaustion or weakness, languishing or sorrowful in one case and weary or full of labor in the other, and could substitute in context.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Weak002001001069
- יָגֵעַ describes being weary or full of labor, an adjective marking exhaustion from exertion.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3023. yagea יָגֵעַ adjective weary, wearisome; — יָגֵעַ Deu 25:18 weary (|| עָיֵף); 2Sa…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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