יָגָהyâgâh
suffer
Pronunciation: yaw-gaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3013
Meanings
Niph`al: grieved (Lamentations 1:4; Zephaniah 3:18)
Pi`el: grieve (Lamentations 3:33)
Hiph`il: cause grief or sorrow (Lamentations 1:12; Lamentations 3:32; Lamentations 1:5)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Job 19:2 “How long will you torture me? How long will you try to crush me with your words?
- Isaiah 51:23 Instead, I will hand that cup to your tormentors, those who said, ‘We will trample you into the dust and walk on your backs.’”
- Lamentations 1:4 The roads to Jerusalem are in mourning, for crowds no longer come to celebrate the festivals. The city gates are silent, her priests groan, her young women are crying— how bitter is her fate!
- Lamentations 1:5 Her oppressors have become her masters, and her enemies prosper, for the Lord has punished Jerusalem for her many sins. Her children have been captured and taken away to distant lands.
- Lamentations 1:12 “Does it mean nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see if there is any suffering like mine, which the Lord brought on me when he erupted in fierce anger.
- Lamentations 3:32 Though he brings grief, he also shows compassion because of the greatness of his unfailing love.
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).