Strong's Lexicon

H3286

H3286 — יָעַף

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

Hebrewya`aphverb-stemOccurrences: 10TWOT: 885

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3286
Word:	יָעַף
Part of Speech:	verb-stem
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	10
Transliteration:	ya`aph
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	yaw-af'
Meaning:	1. to tire (as if from wearisome flight)
KJV Renderings:	faint, cause to fly, (be) weary (self).

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BDB3631

I. [יָעֵף] verb be weary, faint (Arabic [untranscribed source text 2255] 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 Isa 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 Jer 51:58); of ׳ י (negative) Isa 40:28 (|| יגע); youth Isa 40:30 (|| id.); the god-fearing Isa 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 ).

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יעף (yah-gaph’)

Jeremiah 51:68

EHCC: in the fire, and they shall be ₪1.

Jeremiah 44:12

KJV: And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.

EHCC: he drinketh no water, and is fei.

Jeremiah 2:24

KJV: A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.A wild…: or, O wild ass, etcused: Heb. taughther pleasure: Heb. the desire of her heartturn…: or, reverse it?

EHCC: that seek her sil! not weary thease

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: the people shall weary themselves

Daniel 9:21

KJV: Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening oblation.swiftly: Heb. with weariness, or, flight

EHCC: being caused to fly swiflly,

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