Lexicon
עָיֵף
a.yeph
H5889
H:A Hebrew

faint

17
Occurrences
9
Books
Hebrew
Language

a.yeph describes someone or something depleted by weariness, including people, souls, and land imagery.

The term most often describes people who are exhausted, weary, or in need of refreshment or provision; the same condition also appears in imagery of a depleted soul or land. The supplied verses show a consistent condition of weariness rather than separate lexical meanings.

Senses in use

  1. Weariness or depleted condition · dominant

    In Genesis 25:29 and Genesis 25:30, the masculine singular form describes Esau after coming from the field and in his request to eat; the APB renders him "faint." In Judges 8:4 and Judges 8:5, the masculine plural form describes Gideon and his men as "exhausted" while continuing their pursuit, while Isaiah 32:2 and Psalm 143:6 apply the feminine singular form to a "faint land" in imagery of dryness and need.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the condition with terms such as "faint," "weary," and "exhausted," and also uses "faint land" for the land imagery in Isaiah 32:2 and Psalm 143:6. Because the APB translates whole verses rather than aligning individual words, these renderings confirm the clauses' overall portrayal of depletion rather than fixing a separate English equivalent in every occurrence.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture