Lexical Definition

‎יָגַע‎ yâgaʻ (yaw-gah') be weary/toil ^H:V
a primitive root

faint, (make to) labour, (be) weary.

• properly, to gasp
• hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil

1) to toil, labour, grow weary, be weary
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to toil, labour
1a2) to grow weary, be weary
1b) (Piel) to weary, make weary, cause to go toilsomely
1c) (Hiphil) to make to toil, make weary, cause to be weary

See Greek: κοπιάω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יָגֵעַ‎ ‎יָגַע‎ verb toil, grow or be weary (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian êgû, grow weary Dl^{Pr 140}; Arabic have pain, suffer) —

Qal Perfect ‎יָגְָֽעָה‎ 2Sam 23:10 ‎יָגַעְתָּ‎ Josh 24:13; Isa 43:22 ‎יָ֫גַעַתְּ‎ Isa 47:12 + 2 t.; ‎יָנָ֑עַתְּ‎ Isa 47:15 ‎יָגַ֫עְתִּי‎ Ps 6:7* + 3 t ‎יָגַ֫עְנוּ‎ Lam 5:5Imperfect ‎יִינָ֑ע‎ Isa 40:28 2 masculine singular ‎תִּיגַע‎ Prov 23:4 ‎אִיגָ֑ע‎ Job 9:29 ‎יִיגְעוּ‎ Hab 2:13 ‎יִגְָֽעוּ‎ Jer 51:58; Isa 65:23 ‎יִיגָ֑עוּ‎ Isa 40:31 ‎יִגָ֑עוּ‎ vIsa 40:30: —

1. toil, labour for (‎בְּ‎), Josh 24:13 (D), Isa 62:8 followed by accusative (‎אשׁר‎) Isa 47:15 followed by ‎בְּ‎ instrumental vIsa 47:12 absolute Isa 49:4 (‎לְרִיק‎, || ‎וְהֶבֶל כֹּחִי כִלֵּיתִי‎), compare Isa 65:23; Jer 51:58 (|| ‎יעף‎), Hab 2:13 (|| ), Lam 5:5 (|| ‎לֹאהֿוּנַּתלָֿ֑נוּ‎), Job 9:29 followed by below Prov 23:4

2. grow or be weary, from toil, exertion, endurance, 2Sam 23:10 (omitted by accident in || 1Chr 11:13 see Dr); weary of, followed by ‎בְּ‎, Ps 6:7*; Ps 69:4*; Isa 43:22; Isa 57:10; Jer 45:3 absolute Isa 40:28; Isa 40:30; Isa 40:31 (in all || ‎יעף‎). Pi`el Imperfect 3 feminine singular suffix 3 masculine singular ‎תְּיַגְּעֶנּוּ‎ Eccl 10:15 weary, make weary, subject ‎עֲמַל הכסילים‎; 2 masculine singular ‎תְּיַגַּע‎ cause to go toilsomely Josh 7:3, followed byaccusative Hiph`il Perfect 2 masculine singular suffix ‎הוֺגַעְתַּנִי‎ Isa 43:24 ‎הוֺגַעְתִּיךָ‎ vIsa 43:23 plural ‎הוֺגַעְתֶּם‎ Mal 2:17 ‎הוֺגָ֑עְנוּ‎ vMal 2:17 — make to toil (always with ‎בְּ‎ instrumental), with accusative of person make to toil, weary Isa 43:23 (|| ‎העביד‎), object ‎׳‎‎י‎ vIsa 43:24 (weary, figurative), and so Mal 2:17 (twice in verse).

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