† [יָעַז] vb. only Niph. Pt. as adj. (precise meaning dub.; Arabic وَعَزَ is give a nod or sign, then command, whence Heb. might have meaning nodding, making signs (not intelligibly speaking), so Hi—Che barbarous, De ‘ungebergid’—which context favours, or arrogant; Thes proposes durus, saevus, and comp. עזז)—in phr. עַם נוֹעָז Is 33:19 a barbarous (?) people, of foreign invader.