יָגֵעַyâgêaʻ
weary, wearisome (Deuteronomy 25:18; 2 Samuel 17:2; Ecclesiastes 1:8)
Pronunciation: yaw-gay'-ah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3023
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Deuteronomy 25:18 They attacked you when you were exhausted and weary, and they struck down those who were straggling behind. They had no fear of God.
- 2 Samuel 17:2 I will catch up with him while he is weary and discouraged. He and his troops will panic, and everyone will run away. Then I will kill only the king,
- Ecclesiastes 1:8 Everything is wearisome beyond description. No matter how much we see, we are never satisfied. No matter how much we hear, we are not content.
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).