יָגֵ֙עַ֙

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 יָגֵ֙עַ֙

   ya-GE-a

   weary
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וְה֤וּא יָגֵ֙עַ֙

   ve-HU ya-GE-a

   and he weary
3. clause🔊 וְאָב֣וֹא עָלָ֗יו וְה֤וּא יָגֵ֙עַ֙ וּרְפֵ֣ה יָדַ֔יִם וְהַֽחֲרַדְתִּ֣י אֹת֔וֹ וְנָ֖ כָּל־הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֑וֹ

   ve-a-VO a-LAV ve-HU ya-GE-a u-re-FE ya-DA-yim ve-ha-kha-rad-TI o-TO ve-NAS KAL-ha-AM a-SHER-i-TO

   and I will come upon him and he weary and weak of hands and I will terrify him and will flee all the people who are with him
4. sentence🔊 וְאָב֣וֹא עָלָ֗יו וְה֤וּא יָגֵ֙עַ֙ וּרְפֵ֣ה יָדַ֔יִם וְהַֽחֲרַדְתִּ֣י אֹת֔וֹ וְנָ֖ כָּל־הָעָ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־אִתּ֑וֹ וְהִכֵּיתִ֥י אֶת־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לְבַדּֽוֹ׃

   ve-a-VO a-LAV ve-HU ya-GE-a u-re-FE ya-DA-yim ve-ha-kha-rad-TI o-TO ve-NAS KAL-ha-AM a-SHER-i-TO ve-hi-KE-ti et-ha-ME-lekh le-vad-DO

   and I will come upon him and he weary and weak of hands and I will terrify him and will flee all the people who are with him and I will strike {direct object} the king by himself or alone

Exegesis

A conditional protasis is signaled by the participle yagea {יָגֵ֙עַ֙ | yā-gē-ʻa} ‘weary’ paired with the adjective urefeh {וּרְפֵ֣ה | u-rə-p̄e} ‘faint,’ implying “when he is weary and faint.”

Root and etymology

y-g-‘🔊 י־ג־עyod–gimel–ayin

“to be weary”

• 🔊 יִגִּיעַyigialabor, toilEcclesiastes 4:8