Lexical Summary ayeph: faint, weary Original Word: עָיֵףTransliteration: ayeph Phonetic Spelling: (aw-yafe') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: faint, weary Meaning: faint, weary Strong's Concordance faint, thirsty, weary From ayeph; languid -- faint, thirsty, weary. see HEBREW ayeph Brown-Driver-Briggs H5889. ayeph עָיֵף adjective faint, weary; — ׳ע absolute Genesis 25:29 +; feminine עֲיֵפָה Jeremiah 31:25 +; plural עֲיֵפִים Judges 8:4 +; — from exertion and hunger Genesis 25:20, 30 (J), Judges 8:4-5, Deuteronomy 25:18 (+ יָגֵעַ), compare Isaiah 5:27, לֶע ׳הָנִיחוּ 28:12 (figurative), 2 Samuel 16:14 (si vera lectio, proper name, of a location needed, compare We Dr HPS); + צָמֵא רָעֵב, 17:29; specifically from thirst Isaiah 29:8 (simile), Job 22:7, ע ׳נֶפֶשׁ Proverbs 25:25 and (figurative) Jeremiah 31:25 ("" דָּֽאֲבָה); hence וְעָיֵף צִיָּה אֶרֶץ Psalm 63:2 (figurative, on masculine see KöSynt. § 334 f.), compare 143:6 (simile), Isaiah 32:2 (opposed to צֵל, in simile); ׳ע that is beast 46:1 — See also foregoing. I. עִיר see below I. עור. |
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