יָעֵף
yâʻêph · H3287 · Hebrew · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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faint, weary
State in which humans are weak as a result of an extended period of activity
ExamplesJudges 8:15 And he came to the men of Succoth and said, “Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your men who are weary?’”
2 Samuel 16:2 And the king said to Ziba, “Why do you have these?” And Ziba said, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine, for whoever is weary in the wilderness to drink.”
Isaiah 40:29 He gives strength to the weary, And to the one who lacks might He increases power.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What it doesIt is the subject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- שָׁתָהto drink 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עוּתto make crooked 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 2
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 5 words
- רָפֶה râpheh · H7504 · weak, discouraged
- Both words denote states of physical or emotional weakness, and could substitute for each other in contexts describing lack of strength or energy.
- דָּוֶה dâveh · H1739 · menstruous woman, menstrual discharge
- Both words denote states of physical weakness or faintness and could substitute for each other in contexts describing exhaustion or debilitation; דָּוֶה (dâveh, H1739) additionally carries broader senses related to menstruation and sickness.
- דְּוַי dᵉvay · H1741 · illness
- Both lexemes genuinely denote states of weakness or exhaustion (physical or emotional) and are near-synonyms in that shared sense.
- עָיֵף ʻâyêph · H5889 · weary, faint, famished
- Both words describe overlapping states of physical weakness and fatigue (faint, weary), and are two distinct Hebrew words that could substitute for each other in describing exhaustion or weariness.
- יָגִיעַ yâgîyaʻ · H3019 · weary, worn out, exhausted
- Both words denote states of physical or mental exhaustion (weary, faint), with overlapping sense that would permit substitution in context.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Weak002001001069
- יָעֵף describes one who is faint or weary, as the men of Succoth mocked Gideon's exhausted soldiers pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna (Judges 8:15).
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3287. yaeph יָעֵף adjective weary, faint; — always as substantive, except Jdg 8:15…
יָעֵף adjective weary, faint; — always as substantive, except Jdg 8:15 הַיְּפֵעִים אנשׁיך (of physical fatigue from lack of bread); הַיָּעֵף 2Sa 16:2 (from lack of drink); of mind and spirit Isa 40:29 (|| אוֺנִין אֵין), Isa 50:4.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
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
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