ra.pheh describes diminished strength, whether of people being assessed or of hands needing strengthening.

The attested use describes diminished strength: people are assessed as strong or otherwise in Numbers 13:18, a weary person's hands are described in 2 Samuel 17:2, and hands needing support are named in Job 4:3 and Isaiah 35:3.

1. Diminished strength in people or hands · dominant

   In Numbers 13:18, the masculine singular form occurs in the question whether the people of the land are strong or otherwise; the APB renders the contrast as “strong or weak.” In 2 Samuel 17:2, the masculine singular construct form occurs of a weary person’s hands, while the feminine plural forms in Job 4:3 and Isaiah 35:3 describe hands that are strengthened.

   Numbers 13:182 Samuel 17:2Job 4:3Isaiah 35:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the cited verses, the APB presents the condition with “weak,” including “weak of hands” in 2 Samuel 17:2 and hands strengthened in Job 4:3 and Isaiah 35:3. The verse is read as a whole, but its clauses consistently portray diminished strength.