Lexical Definition

‎יָעַף‎ yâʻaph (yaw-af') to faint ^H:V
a primitive root

faint, cause to fly, (be) weary (self).

• to tire (as if from wearisome flight)

1) to be or grow weary, be fatigued, be faint
1a) (Qal) to be or grow weary, be fatigued, be faint
1b) (Hophal) wearied (participle)

See Greek: ἐκλείπω · κακόω · κοιμάω · μανθάνω · παροξύνω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. [‎יָעֵף‎] verb be weary, faint (Arabic run and shew weariness) —

Qal Perfect ‎וְיָעֵ֑פוּ‎ consecutive Jer 51:58; Jer 51:64 Imperfect ‎יִיעַף‎ Isa 40:28 ‎וַיִּעָ֑ף‎ Isa 44:12 ‎יִָֽעֲפוּ‎ Isa 40:30 ‎יִיעָ֑פוּ‎ vIsa 40:31; Jer 2:24 ‎יִעָ֑פוּ‎ Hab 2:13 — be or grow weary Jer 2:24 (in seeking); = exhaust onself fruitlessly Hab 2:13 (|| ‎יגע‎), hence Jer 51:58; Jer 51:64 (repeated by error from vJer 51:58); of ‎׳‎‎י‎ (negative) Isa 40:28 (|| ‎יגע‎); youth Isa 40:30 (|| id.); the god-fearing vIsa 40:31 (|| id.); be faint from lack of water Isa 44:12 (|| ‎אֵין כֹּחַ‎ from hunger). Hoph`al Participle wearied Dan 9:21 ‎מֻעָף בִּיעָף‎ (see ‎יְעָף‎).

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