Toil and Weariness

† [יָגֵעַ, יָגַע] vb. toil, grow or be weary (NH id.; Assyrian êgû, grow weary DlPr 140; Arabic وَجِعَ have pain, suffer)— Qal Pf. יָֽגְעָה 2 S 23:10; יָגַ֫עְתָּ Jos 24:13 Is 43:22; יָגַ֫עַתְּ 47:12 + 2 times; יָגָ֑עַתְּ Is 47:15; יָגַ֫עְתִּי ψ 6:7 + 3 times; יָגַ֫עְנוּ La 5:5; Impf. יִיגָ֑ע Is 40:28; 2 ms. תִּיגַע Pr 23:4; אִיגָ֑ע Jb 9:29; יִיגְעוּ Hb 2:13; יִֽגְעוּ Je 51:58 Is 65:23; יִיגָ֑עוּ Is 40:31; יִגָ֑עוּ v 30;— 1. toil, labour for (בְּ), Jos 24:13 (D), Is 62:8; sq. acc. (אשׁר) 47:15; sq. בְּ instr. v 12; abs. 49:4 (לְרִיק, ‖ וְהֶבֶל כֹּחִי כִלֵּיתִי), cf. 65:23 Je 51:58 (‖ יעף), Hb 2:13 (‖ id.), La 5:5 (‖ לֹא־הוּנַּח־לָ֑נוּ), Jb 9:29, sq. inf. Pr 23:4. 2. grow or be weary, from toil, exertion, endurance, 2 S 23:10 (om. by accident ‖ 1 Ch 11:13); weary because of, sq. בְּ, ψ 6:7; 69:4 Is 43:22; 57:10 Je 45:3; abs. Is 40:28, 30, 31 (in all ‖ יעף). Pi. Impf. 3 fs. sf. 3 ms. תְּיַגְּעֶנּוּ Ec 10:15 weary, make weary, subj. עֲמַל הכסילים; 2 ms. תְּיַגַּע cause to go toilsomely Jos 7:3, sq. acc. Hiph. Pf. 2 ms. sf. הוֹגַעְתַּנִי Is 43:24; הוֹגַעְתִּיךָ v 23; pl. הוֹגַעְתֶּם Mal 2:17; הוֹגָ֑עְנוּ v 17;—make to toil (always c. בְּ instr.), c. acc. pers. make to toil, weary Is 43:23 (‖ העביד), obj. י׳ v 24 (weary, fig.), and so Mal 2:17(×2).

† [לָאָה] vb. be weary, impatient (cf. Arabic لَأَى be slow, hesitating (Frey); بَعْدَ لَأْىٍ after difficulty, لَأْيًا with difficulty (Lane3007); Aramaic לְאִי, ܠܐܴܐ, ܠܐܻܝ );— Qal Impf. 2 ms. תִּלְאֶה Jb 4:2; וַתֵּ֫לֶא Jb 4:5; 3 pl. וַיִּלְאוּ Gn 19:11;—be weary (in vain endeavour) sq. Inf. Gn 19:11; be weary, impatient at attempted consolation abs. Jb 4:2; at calamity abs. Jb 4:5 (‖ בָּהַל). Niph. Pf. נִלְאָה Pr 26:15 + 2 times; 2 fs. נִלְאֵית Is 47:13; נִלְאֵיתִי Is 1:14 + 3 times;—sq. inf. be weary (ל) of doing a thing, Ex 7:18 (JE), make oneself weary in doing something Pr 26:15 (of sluggard’s laziness), weary (i.e. strenuously exert) oneself to Je 9:4; 20:9 (both ל om.); abs. of hopeless prayer נִל׳ על־הַבָּמָה Moab, Is 16:12 (‖ נִרְאָה, בָּא אֶל־מִקְדָּשׁוֹ לְהִתְפַּלֵּל); of vain consultations, (sq. בְּ) Babylon Is 47:13; subj. י׳, sq. inf. Is 1:14; Je 6:11; 15:6, always of exhausted patience; fig. of parched soil (abs.) ψ 68:10. Hiph. Pf. 3 ms. sf. הֶלְאָנִי Jb 16:7; 3 fs. הֶלְאָת Ez 24:12 (del. 𝔊 Co), 1 s. sf. הֶלְאֵתִיךָ Mi 6:3; Impf. וַיַּלְאוּךָ Je 12:5; תַּלְאוּ Is 7:13; Inf. cstr. הַלְאוֹת Is 7:13;—weary, make weary, exhaust, sq. acc. Jb 16:7 (subj. God); exhaust patience of, obj. God Is 7:13; obj. men Is 7:13; Je 12:5; Mi 6:3.

† I. [יָעֵף] vb. be weary, faint (Arabic وَغَفَ run and shew weariness)— Qal 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). Hoph. Pt. wearied Dn 9:21 מֻעָף בִּיעָף (v. יְעָף).

† תְּלָאָה n.f. weariness, hardship;—ת׳ Ex 18:8 + 4 times; of distress of Isr. in Egypt Nu 20:14; in wilderness Ex 18:8 (both JE); from Assyrian, Bab., etc. Ne 9:32; cf. La 3:5; מַתְּלָאָה Mal 1:13.