The alternate form yagea (יָגֵעַ, H3023) is a close variant of H3019, meaning weary, tired, or worn out from labor. It appears in Deuteronomy 25:18 to describe Israel as 'faint and weary' when Amalek attacked them from behind in the wilderness. It also appears in 2 Samuel 23:10 to describe Eleazar the mighty warrior whose hand grew weary (yagea) from fighting — yet he held fast and the LORD gave a great victory.
The story of Eleazar (2 Samuel 23:10) is a striking picture of tenacious faith in exhaustion. His hand grew so tired it stuck to the sword — and yet he kept swinging. The victory that day was won not by fresh energy but by refusing to stop. This is the biblical theology of perseverance: the Spirit sustains what the flesh cannot. Paul calls believers to 'not grow weary in doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up' (Galatians 6:9). Even Amalek's attack on the weary and faint (Deuteronomy 25:18) shows that the enemy targets exhaustion — making spiritual renewal and rest a strategic necessity.