Strong's Lexicon

H3021

H3021 — יָגַע

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

HebrewyagaverbOccurrences: 26TWOT: 842

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3021
Word:	יָגַע
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	26
Transliteration:	yaga
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	` (yaw-gah') v.
Meaning:	1. (properly) to gasp 2. (hence) to be exhausted, to tire, to toil
KJV Renderings:	faint, (make to) labour, (be) weary.

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יָגֵעַ יָגַע verb toil, grow or be weary (Late Hebrew id.; Assyrian êgû , grow weary Dl^{Pr 140}; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2167] 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 5:5 Imperfect 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 Isa 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 v Isa 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 by accusative

Hiph`il Perfect 2 masculine singular suffix הוֺגַעְתַּנִי Isa 43:24 הוֺגַעְתִּיךָ Isa 43:23 plural הוֺגַעְתֶּם Mal 2:17 הוֺגָ֑עְנוּ Mal 2:17 — make to toil (always with בְּ instrumental), with accusative of person make to toil, weary Isa 43:23 (|| העביד), object ׳ י Isa 43:24 (weary, figurative), and so Mal 2:17 (twice in verse).

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יגע (yah-gah’)

Joshua 24:13

KJV: And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

EHCC: land for which ye did not laboer,

Joshua 69:3

EHCC: (4). Jam weary of my crying: BY

Isaiah 48:22

KJV: There is no peace, saith the Lord, unto the wicked.

EHCC: hast been ‘of me, 0 Israel.

Isaiah 47:12

KJV: Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail.

EHCC: wherein thow hast laboured from

Isaiah 62:8

KJV: The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:Surely…: Heb. If I give, etc

EHCC: thy wine, for the which Evins lowe:

Jeremiah 45:3

KJV: Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the Lord hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

EHCC: 7 fainted in my sighing,

Lamentations 5:5

KJV: Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.Our…: Heb. On our necks are we persecuted

EHCC: we labour, (and) have סם rest.

Job 9:29

KJV: If I be wicked, why then labour I in vain?

EHCC: why then labour Jin vain?

Isaiah 40:28

KJV: Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.

EHCC: fainteth not, neither is weary?

Jeremiah 51:58

KJV: Thus saith the Lord of hosts; The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken, and her high gates shall be burned with fire; and the people shall labour in vain, and the folk in the fire, and they shall be weary.The broad…: or, The walls of broad Babylonbroken: or, made naked

EHCC: and the people shall laboer in vain,

Habakkuk 2:13

KJV: Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?for…: or, in vain?

EHCC: that the people shall datoer in the

Joshua 7:3

KJV: And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few.about…: Heb. about two thousand men, or, about three thousand men

EHCC: make not all the people to labour thie i

Ecclesiastes 10:15

KJV: The labour of the foolish wearieth every one of them, because he knoweth not how to go to the city.

EHCC: labour of the foolish wearieth every o* 4

Malachi 2:17

KJV: Ye have wearied the Lord with your words. Yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment?

EHCC: Ye have wearied the Lord with your words.