yaash (H2976) — Hebrew Word Study — MannaFest

Hebrew · Strong's H2976

יָאַשׁ

yaashyaw-ash'

to desist, i.e. (figuratively) to despond

1890 spelling: yâʼash

Gematria 311

Strong's Dictionary · 1890

to desist, i.e. (figuratively) to despond

Rendered in the KJV as

(cause to) despair, one that is desperate, be no hope.

6
occurrencesin the Old Testament
5 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
5
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 6 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 5

נוֹאָ֑שׁ2
וְנוֹאַ֨שׁ1
לְיַאֵ֣שׁ1
נֹאָֽשׁ׃1
נוֹאָ֔שׁ1

How it is rendered · 4

despairing3
[one who] despairs1
and he will desist1
to make despair1

The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 3

verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular4
Hc/VNq3ms1
preposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HVNrmsa · 4
Hc/VNq3ms · 1
HR/Vpcc · 1

All 6, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Jeremiah2 of 6 · 33%
1 Samuel1 of 6 · 17%
Job1 of 6 · 17%
Ecclesiastes1 of 6 · 17%
Isaiah1 of 6 · 17%

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1 Samuel1 occurrence

1 Samuel 27:1וְנוֹאַ֨שׁvenoashHc/VNq3msDavid, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”here: and he will desist

Job1 occurrence

Job 6:26נֹאָֽשׁ׃noashverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularDo you intend to correct my words, and treat as wind my cry of despair?here: [one who] despairs

Ecclesiastes1 occurrence

Ecclesiastes 2:20לְיַאֵ֣שׁleyaeshpreposition + verb · intensive (piel), infinitive (“to…”)So my heart began to despair over all the labor that I had done under the sun.here: to make despair

Isaiah1 occurrence

Isaiah 57:10נוֹאָ֑שׁnoashverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularYou are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.here: despairing

Jeremiah2 occurrences

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