יָעֵףyâʻêph

weary, faint (Judges 8:15; 2 Samuel 16:2; Isaiah 40:29; Isaiah 50:4)

Pronunciation: yaw-afe' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3287

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

  • Judges 8:15 Gideon then returned to Succoth and said to the leaders, “Here are Zebah and Zalmunna. When we were here before, you taunted me, saying, ‘Catch Zebah and Zalmunna first, and then we will feed your exhausted army.’”
  • 2 Samuel 16:2 “What are these for?” the king asked Ziba. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s people to ride on, and the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat. The wine is for those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”
  • Isaiah 40:29 He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless.
  • Isaiah 50:4 The Sovereign Lord has given me his words of wisdom, so that I know how to comfort the weary. Morning by morning he wakens me and opens my understanding to his will.

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).