Lexical Definition

‎עָיֵף‎ ʻâyêph (aw-yafe') faint ^H:A
from ‎עָיֵף‎

faint, thirsty, weary.

• languid

1) faint, exhausted, weary

See Greek: ἄνυδρος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עָיֵף‎ adjective faint, weary; — ‎׳‎‎ע‎ absolute Gen 25:29 +; feminine ‎עֲיֵפָה‎ Jer 31:25 +; plural ‎עֲיֵפִים‎ Judg 8:4 +; — from exertion and hunger Gen 25:20; Gen 25:30 (J), Judg 8:4; Judg 8:5; Deut 25:18 (+ ‎יָגֵעַ‎), compare Isa 5:27, ‎׳‎‎הָנִיחוּ לֶע‎ Isa 28:12 (figurative), 2Sam 16:14 (si vera lectio, proper name, of a location needed, compare We Dr HPS); + ‎רָעֵב‎, ‎צָמֵא‎ 2Sam 17:29 specifically from thirst Isa 29:8 (simile), Job 22:7, ‎׳‎‎נֶפֶשׁ ע‎ Prov 25:25 and (figurative) Jer 31:25 (|| ‎דָּֽאֲבָה‎); hence ‎אֶרֶץ צִיָּה וְעָיֵף‎ Ps 63:2* (figurative, on masculine see Kö^{Synt. § 334 f.}), compare Ps 143:6 (simile), Isa 32:2 (opposed to ‎צֵל‎, in simile); ‎׳‎‎ע‎ that is beast Isa 46:1 — See also foregoing. I. ‎עִיר‎ see below I. ‎עור‎.

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