Lexicon
פָּגַר
pa.gar
H6296
H:V Hebrew

to faint

2
Occurrences
1
Books
Hebrew
Language

pa.gar describes becoming too exhausted to continue the pursuit or walk.

The two attestations describe people becoming too exhausted to continue: the two hundred remain behind rather than cross the torrent, and are later identified as those exhausted from walking after David.

Senses in use

  1. Becoming too exhausted to continue · dominant

    Both occurrences use the same Piel perfect plural form of those unable to keep going. In 1 Samuel 30:10 the APB renders the two hundred as "too faint to cross the torrent Besor" and remaining behind; in 1 Samuel 30:21 it renders them as having "fainted from walking after David."

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the condition as being "too faint" to cross in 1 Samuel 30:10 and as having "fainted from walking" in 1 Samuel 30:21. These are translation renderings of the verse context rather than definitions.

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