Strong's Lexicon

H1669

H1669 — דָּאַב

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewda'abverb-stemOccurrences: 3TWOT: 392

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1669
Word:	דָּאַב
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	3
Transliteration:	da'ab
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	daw-ab'
Meaning:	1. to pine
KJV Renderings:	mourn, sorrow(-ful).

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BDB1790

[דָּאֵב] verb become faint, languish (Late Hebrew id. Hiph`il; compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 1036] toil, weary oneself; see also דְּאָבָה , דְּאָבוֺן & compare דוב) —

Qal Perfect 3 feminine singular דָּֽאֲבָה Ps 88:10 (subject עַיִן); Infinitive לְדַאֲבָה Jer 31:12 ׳ לֹא יוֺסִיפוּ לְד (subject ransomed Israel); — Jer 31:25 has נֶפֶשׁ דָּֽאֲבָה, of hunger (|| נֶפֶשׁ עֲיֵפָ֑ה), where adjective or participle seems needed; Hi Gf דְּאֵבָה or דֹּאֲבָה (the punctuators had, according to them, the Aramaic participle in mind); Thes. makes relative clause.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

דאב (dah-av’)

Psalms 88:9

KJV: Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

EHCC: (10). Mine eye mourneth by reason

Jeremiah 31:25

KJV: For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.

EHCC: replenished every torrowful soul.

Jeremiah 31:12

KJV: Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and for oil, and for the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

EHCC: they shall not sorrow any more (lit.add fo

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