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Isaiah 40:30
“Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
יָעַףyâʻaph · yaw-af'
H3286 · Hebrew
H3286 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to tire (as if from wearisome flight)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- faint, cause to fly, (be) weary (self).
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- יִֽעֲפ֥וּ — verb Qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 10 times in the Hebrew Bible.Judges 8:15Isaiah 40:28Isaiah 40:31Isaiah 44:12Jeremiah 2:24
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָעַף here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.