יָגַעyâgaʻ

toil, grow or be weary

Pronunciation: yaw-gah' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3021

Meanings

Qal

1. toil, labour (Joshua 24:13; Isaiah 62:8; Isaiah 47:15)

2. grow or be weary (2 Samuel 23:10; 1 Chronicles 11:13; Psalms 6:7)

Pi`el: weary, make weary, cause to go toilsomely (Ecclesiastes 10:15; Joshua 7:3)

Hiph`il: make to toil (Isaiah 43:24; Isaiah 43:23; Malachi 2:17)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 26 times in the Bible.

  • Joshua 7:3 When they returned, they told Joshua, “There’s no need for all of us to go up there; it won’t take more than two or three thousand men to attack Ai. Since there are so few of them, don’t make all our people struggle to go up there.”
  • Joshua 24:13 I gave you land you had not worked on, and I gave you towns you did not build—the towns where you are now living. I gave you vineyards and olive groves for food, though you did not plant them.
  • 2 Samuel 23:10 He killed Philistines until his hand was too tired to lift his sword, and the Lord gave him a great victory that day. The rest of the army did not return until it was time to collect the plunder!
  • Job 9:29 Whatever happens, I will be found guilty. So what’s the use of trying?
  • Psalms 6:6 I am worn out from sobbing. All night I flood my bed with weeping, drenching it with my tears.
  • Psalms 69:3 I am exhausted from crying for help; my throat is parched. My eyes are swollen with weeping, waiting for my God to help me.
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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).