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yāʾaš יָאַשׁ ‘to despair’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

yāʾaš v
1) to despair
 1a) (Niphal) to be despaired, be desperate
 1b) (Piel) to cause to despair
interj
2) it is hopeless!

Mentioned in 1 Samuel 27:1 Isaiah 57:10 Jeremiah 2:25, 18:12 Job 6:26 Ecclesiastes 2:20

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