ya.ge.a describes people depleted in strength and, in one verse, words presented as burdensome.

The attested uses chiefly describe persons in a depleted condition: one is approached while weak, and another is attacked while faint. A plural use applies the adjective to “all words,” presenting them as burdensome in the verse’s statement about the limits of speaking, seeing, and hearing.

1. Depleted or weakened persons · dominant

   The masculine singular forms occur in descriptions of vulnerable people. In 2 Samuel 17:2 the APB renders the clause “while he is weary and weak of hands,” immediately before an attack; in Deuteronomy 25:18 it renders Israel as “faint and weary” when stragglers at the rear were cut off.

   2 Samuel 17:2Deuteronomy 25:18
2. Burdensome words · occasional

   In Ecclesiastes 1:8, the masculine plural form occurs with “All words”; the APB renders the clause “All words are wearisome,” followed by statements that a man cannot speak enough and that eye and ear are not filled.

   Ecclesiastes 1:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the singular occurrences with “weary,” alongside “weak of hands” or “faint,” and presents the plural occurrence as “wearisome.” These renderings confirm the clauses’ overall presentation rather than isolate a precise English equivalent.