לָאָה

vb. be weary, impatient (cf. Arabic لَأَى be slow, hesitating (Frey); بَعْدَ لَأْىٍ after difficulty, لَأْيًا with difficulty (Lane3007); Aramaic לְאִי, ܠܐܴܐ, ܠܐܻܝ );— Impf. 2 ms. תִּלְאֶה Jb 4:2; וַתֵּ֫לֶא Jb 4:5; 3 pl. וַיִּלְאוּ Gn 19:11;—be weary (in vain endeavour) sq. Inf. Gn 19:11; be weary, impatient at attempted consolation abs. Jb 4:2; at calamity abs. Jb 4:5 (‖ בָּהַל). Pf. נִלְאָה Pr 26:15 + 2 times; 2 fs. נִלְאֵית Is 47:13; נִלְאֵיתִי Is 1:14 + 3 times;—sq. inf. be weary (ל) of doing a thing, Ex 7:18 (JE), make oneself weary in doing something Pr 26:15 (of sluggard’s laziness), weary (i.e. strenuously exert) oneself to Je 9:4; 20:9 (both ל om.); abs. of hopeless prayer נִל׳ על־הַבָּמָה Moab, Is 16:12 (‖ נִרְאָה, בָּא אֶל־מִקְדָּשׁוֹ לְהִתְפַּלֵּל); of vain consultations, (sq. בְּ) Babylon Is 47:13; subj. י׳, sq. inf. Is 1:14; Je 6:11; 15:6, always of exhausted patience; fig. of parched soil (abs.) ψ 68:10. Pf. 3 ms. sf. הֶלְאָנִי Jb 16:7; 3 fs. הֶלְאָת Ez 24:12 (del. 𝔊 Co), 1 s. sf. הֶלְאֵתִיךָ Mi 6:3; Impf. וַיַּלְאוּךָ Je 12:5; תַּלְאוּ Is 7:13; Inf. cstr. הַלְאוֹת Is 7:13;—weary, make weary, exhaust, sq. acc. Jb 16:7 (subj. God); exhaust patience of, obj. God Is 7:13; obj. men Is 7:13; Je 12:5; Mi 6:3.