Biblica Analytica
H3022 Hebrew

יָגָע

ya.ga

toil

Lexicon Entry

Definition
toil
Transliteration
ya.ga
Strong's Number
H3022
Occurrences
1

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

Supported

# Analysis of יָגָע (yaga) Based on the lexicon data provided, יָגָע (yaga) carries the meaning "toil"—referring to hard, laborious work. The term appears only once in the Hebrew Bible, which limits our ability to observe variations in its usage or contextual range. With a single occurrence, this word represents a rare lexical item rather than a common expression in biblical Hebrew. The scarcity of this word's appearance suggests it may have been either a specialized or archaic term, or its concept may have been more typically expressed through other Hebrew vocabulary. Without access to the specific verse in which it appears, we cannot determine the precise circumstances or whether "toil" was employed to describe physical labor, spiritual exertion, or another form of effort. The word's singular use means scholars cannot establish patterns of usage or subtle distinctions in meaning that would typically emerge from multiple textual examples.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
H3022
Lemma
יָגָע
Transliteration
ya.ga
Definition
toil
Occurrences
1
Model
claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

1 total occurrence across the text