Lexical Definition

‎יָאַשׁ‎ yâʼash (yaw-ash') to despair ^H:V
a primitive root

(cause to) despair, one that is desperate, be no hope.

• to desist, i.e. (figuratively) to despond

1) to despair
1a) (Niphal) to be despaired, be desperate
1b) (Piel) to cause to despair
interj
2) it is hopeless!

See Greek: ἀνέχομαι · ἀνίημι · ἀποτάσσομαι · ἔρχομαι

Extended Information

• interj

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎יָאַשׁ‎] verb despair (not in Qal) (Late Hebrew Hithpa`el despair of, ‎יֵאוּשׁ‎ desperation; Aramaic Pa`el ‎יָאֵשׁ‎, etc., make despair (so ᵑ7 Eccl 2:20); Arabic despair) —

Niph`al Perfect ‎וְנוֺאַש‎ consecutive 1Sam 27:1 Participle ‎נוֺאָשׁ‎ Jer 2:25 + 3 t.; — despair, ‎מִמֶּנִּי שָׁאוּל‎ ‎׳‎‎וְנ‎ ‎לְבַקְּשֵׁנִי‎ 1Sam 27:1 and Saul shall despair of me, to seek me; participle desperate, despairing, of Job, Job 6:26 elsewhere ‎נוֺאָ֑שׁ‎ (following ‎אמר‎) desperate! = there is no hope! Jer 2:25; Jer 18:12; Isa 57:10. Pi`el Infinitive ‎לְיַאֵשׁ‎ ‎אֶתלִֿבִּי עַל כָּלהֶֿעָמָל‎ Eccl 2:20 to make my heart despair, concerning all the toil.

‎יאֹשִׁיָּ֫הוּ‎, ‎יאֹשִׁיָּה‎ see below ‎אשׁה‎ above

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