יָעַףyâʻaph

be weary, faint

Pronunciation: yaw-af' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3286

Meanings

Qal: be or grow weary (Jeremiah 51:58; Jeremiah 51:64; Isaiah 40:28)

Hoph`al: wearied (Daniel 9:21)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 9 times in the Bible.

  • Isaiah 40:28 Have you never heard? Have you never understood? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of all the earth. He never grows weak or weary. No one can measure the depths of his understanding.
  • Isaiah 40:30 Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion.
  • Isaiah 40:31 But those who trust in the Lord will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.
  • Isaiah 44:12 The blacksmith stands at his forge to make a sharp tool, pounding and shaping it with all his might. His work makes him hungry and weak. It makes him thirsty and faint.
  • Jeremiah 2:24 You are like a wild donkey, sniffing the wind at mating time. Who can restrain her lust? Those who desire her don’t need to search, for she goes running to them!
  • Jeremiah 51:58 This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: “The thick walls of Babylon will be leveled to the ground, and her massive gates will be burned. The builders from many lands have worked in vain, for their work will be destroyed by fire!”
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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).