יָגָה
yâgâh · yaw-gaw'
to grieve
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to grieve
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: afflict, cause grief, grieve, sorrowful, vex.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to carry, to lift up › to reveal, behold
The hand that works that works to carry, to lift up that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָגָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hath afflicted2 · 25%
- how long will ye vex1 · 13%
- of them that afflict1 · 13%
- are afflicted1 · 13%
- but though he cause grief1 · 13%
- nor grieve1 · 13%
- them that are sorrowful1 · 13%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.