Lexical Definition

‎יָעַז‎ yâʻaz (yaw-az') be fierce ^H:V
a primitive root

fierce.

• to be bold or obstinate

1) to be strong, be fierce (meaning dubious)
1a) (Niphal) barbarous (participle)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎יָעַז‎] verb only Niph`al Participle as adjective (precise meaning dubious; Arabic is give a nod or sign, then command, whence Hebrew might have meaning nodding, making signs (not intelligibly speaking), so Hi — Che barbarous, De 'ungeberdig' — which context favours, or arrogant; Thes proposes durus, saevus, and compare ‎עזז‎) — in phrase ‎עַם נוֺעָז‎ Isa 33:19 a barbarous (?) people, of foreign invader. ‎יעזיאל‎, ‎יעזיהו‎ see below ‎עזה‎.‎יַעְזִרִ‎ see below ‎עזר‎. p. 741.

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