What does יָעַף (yāʿap) mean in the Bible?
יָעַף (yāʿap): Exhaustion from sustained exertion, often depicting spiritual or physical depletion in demanding circumstances
Hebrew · H3286
יָעַף
To tire (as if from wearisome flight )
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יָעַף H3286
Pronunciation yāʿap
What does יָעַף (yāʿap) mean in the Bible?
יָעַף (yāʿap): Exhaustion from sustained exertion, often depicting spiritual or physical depletion in demanding circumstances
Full entry for יָעַף (H3286) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3286?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include grow tired (2), weary themselves (2), . . . (1), And [her people] will grow weary (1), and grows faint (1).
Where does יָעַף (yāʿap) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Isaiah 40:28. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (4), Jeremiah (3), Daniel (1), Habakkuk (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It grow tired 2× Isaiah 40:28, Isaiah 40:30
weary themselves 2× Jeremiah 2:24, Habakkuk 2:13
. . . 1× Daniel 9:21
And [her people] will grow weary 1× Jeremiah 51:64
and grows faint 1× Isaiah 44:12
faint 1× Isaiah 40:31
will exhaust themselves 1× Jeremiah 51:58
Show sample aligned rows
Isaiah 40:28 יִיעַ֖ף to grow tired Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Isaiah 40:30 וְיִֽעֲפ֥וּ to grow tired Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural Isaiah 40:31 יִיעָֽפוּ׃פ to faint Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Isaiah 44:12 וַיִּיעָֽף׃ to and grows faint Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Jeremiah 2:24 יִיעָ֔פוּ to weary themselves Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Jeremiah 51:58 וְיָעֵֽפוּ׃ס to will exhaust themselves Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Jeremiah 51:64 וְיָעֵ֑פוּ to And [her people] will grow weary Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Daniel 9:21 מֻעָ֣ף to . . . Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine singular Habakkuk 2:13 יִעָֽפוּ׃ to weary themselves Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Isaiah 40:28
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 4
Isaiah 4 Jeremiah 3 Daniel 1 Habakkuk 1
Source forms
וַיִּיעָֽף׃ 1x way·yî·‘āp̄ Isaiah 44:12
וְיִֽעֲפ֥וּ 1x wə·yi·‘ă·p̄ū Isaiah 40:30
וְיָעֵ֑פוּ 1x wə·yā·‘ê·p̄ū Jeremiah 51:64
וְיָעֵֽפוּ׃ס 1x wə·yā·‘ê·p̄ū Jeremiah 51:58
יִיעַ֖ף 1x yî·‘ap̄ Isaiah 40:28
יִיעָ֔פוּ 1x yî·‘ā·p̄ū Jeremiah 2:24
יִיעָֽפוּ׃פ 1x yî·‘ā·p̄ū Isaiah 40:31
יִעָֽפוּ׃ 1x yi·‘ā·p̄ū Habakkuk 2:13
Parsing patterns
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural 3x Isaiah 40:31, Jeremiah 2:24, Habakkuk 2:13
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural 2x Jeremiah 51:58, Jeremiah 51:64
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural 1x Isaiah 40:30
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular 1x Isaiah 44:12
Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine singular 1x Daniel 9:21
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 1x Isaiah 40:28
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Exhaustion from sustained exertion, often depicting spiritual or physical depletion in demanding circumstances
Source Gloss
to tire (as if from wearisome flight )
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Exhaustion from sustained exertion, often depicting spiritual or physical depletion in demanding circumstances
to tire (as if from wearisome flight) BDB: be weary Usage: faint, cause to fly, (be) weary (self).
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 5
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 4×
Imperfect Hab 2:13 · Isa 40:31 · Jer 2:24 · Isa 40:28 4×
Hophal causative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action 1×
Participle passive Dan 9:21 1×
Word Origins
יָעַף is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain