דָּאַבdâʼab

become faint, languish

Pronunciation: daw-ab' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1669

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Psalms 88:9 My eyes are blinded by my tears. Each day I beg for your help, O Lord; I lift my hands to you for mercy.
  • Jeremiah 31:12 They will come home and sing songs of joy on the heights of Jerusalem. They will be radiant because of the Lord’s good gifts— the abundant crops of grain, new wine, and olive oil, and the healthy flocks and herds. Their life will be like a watered garden, and all their sorrows will be gone.
  • Jeremiah 31:25 For I have given rest to the weary and joy to the sorrowing.”

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).