יָגַע
yâgaʻ · yaw-gah'
properly, to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil
- properly, to gasp
- hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: faint, (make to) labour, (be) weary.
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
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to carry, to lift up › to see and know
The hand that works that works to carry, to lift up that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָגַע 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
26 occurrences · 26 OT · 0 NT · 25 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- i am weary2 · 8%
- shall labour2 · 8%
- to labour1 · 4%
- for which ye did not labour1 · 4%
- was weary1 · 4%
- why then labour1 · 4%
- labour1 · 4%
- wearieth1 · 4%
- not, neither is weary1 · 4%
- and be weary1 · 4%
- and not be weary1 · 4%
- but thou hast been weary1 · 4%
- nor wearied1 · 4%
- thou hast wearied1 · 4%
- thou hast laboured1 · 4%
- thus shall they be unto thee with whom thou hast laboured1 · 4%
- i have laboured1 · 4%
- thou art wearied1 · 4%
- for the which thou hast laboured1 · 4%
- they shall not labour1 · 4%
- i fainted1 · 4%
- we labour1 · 4%
- ye have wearied1 · 4%
- wherein have we wearied1 · 4%
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.