יָגָע
ya.ga
toil
Lexicon Entry
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
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence across the text