יָעֵף
Used: 8 times · Key: 3286 · BDB: יָעֵף
Glosses
they.grow.weary (3); they.will.grow.weary (3); he.grew.weary (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
be weary tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
vb. be weary, faint tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb. be weary, faint (Arabic وَغَفَ run and shew weariness)— Pf. וְיָעֵ֑פוּ consec. Je 51:58, 64; Impf. יִיעַף Is 40:28; וַיִּעָ֑ף 44:12; יִֽעֲפוּ 40:30; יִיעָ֑פוּ v 31 Je 2:24; יִעָ֑פוּ Hb 2:13;—be or grow weary Je 2:24 (in seeking); = exhaust oneself fruitlessly Hb 2:13 (‖ יגע), hence Je 51:58, 64 (repeated by error from v 58); of י׳ (neg.); Is 40:28 (‖ יגע); youth 40:30 (‖ id.); the god-fearing v 31 (‖ id.); be faint from lack of water 44:12 (‖ אֵין כֹּחַ from hunger). Pt. wearied Dn 9:21 מֻעָף בִּיעָף (v. יְעָף).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «יָעֵף» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
וְיִֽעֲפ֥וּ נְעָרִ֖ים וְיִגָ֑עוּ וּבַחוּרִ֖ים כָּשׁ֥וֹל יִכָּשֵֽׁלוּ׃
Word for word: and they.grow.weary youths and they.become.weary and young.men surely.(stumble) they.stumble
JPS 1917: Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall;
וְקוֹיֵ֤ יְהוָה֙ יַחֲלִ֣יפוּ כֹ֔חַ יַעֲל֥וּ אֵ֖בֶר כַּנְּשָׁרִ֑ים יָר֙וּצוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִיגָ֔עוּ יֵלְכ֖וּ וְלֹ֥א יִיעָֽפוּ׃פ
Word for word: and [those.who].wait.for (of).Yahweh they.will.renew strength they.will.go.up wing[s] like (the) eagles they.will.run and not they.will.become.weary they.will.walk and not they.will.grow.weary
JPS 1917: But they that wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.
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