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H3811 לָאָה (lâʼâh) law-aw'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

a primitive root; to tire; (figuratively) to be (or make) disgusted

KJV Usage: faint, grieve, lothe, (be, make) weary (selves)

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

לָאָה (la.ah) — be weary. 1) to be weary, be impatient, be grieved, be offended 1a) (Qal) to be weary, be impatient 1b) (Niphal) to be tired of something, weary oneself 1c) (Hiphil) to weary, make weary, exhaust

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

verb · תְּלָאָה

Weak | verb nif

to wear oneself out = action by which humans spend all their forces on a certain activity

JER 9:4

Weak | verb hif

to wear (someone) out = causative process by which humans are caused to spend all their forces on a certain activity

JER 12:5

Dry | verb nif

to languish, to wither literally: to grow weary; = state in which land has suffered from a period of drought ► as a result of which it can no longer bear fruit

PSA 68:10

Unable | verb qal | ≠ יכל

to be no longer able literally: to grow weary (doing something); hence: = state in which humans and deities are no longer able to perform a certain event

GEN 19:11 · EXO 7:18 · PRO 26:15 · ISA 1:14 · ISA 16:12 · ISA 47:13 · JER 6:11 · JER 15:6 · JER 20:9

Grieve | verb qal

to be upset literally: to grow weary; hence: = process by which humans feel upset

JOB 4:2 · JOB 4:5

Grieve | verb hif

to frustrate literally: to make weary; hence: = process by which humans, deities, or circumstances cause (other) humans or deities to feel upset

JOB 16:7 · ISA 7:13 · ISA 7:13 · EZK 24:12 · MIC 6:3

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[לָאָה] vb. be weary, impatient Qal be weary

Niph. be weary of doing a thing, make oneself weary in doing something, weary (i.e. strenuously exert) oneself

Hiph. weary, make weary, exhaust

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