H2976–יָאַשׁ–ya.ash

And David said in his heart: 'I shall now be swept away one day by the hand of Saul; there is nothing better for me than that I should escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me, to seek me any more in all the borders of Israel;

וְנוֹאַ֨שׁ (נוֹאַ֨שׁ) no.'Ash “he will desist”

Do ye hold words to be an argument, but the speeches of one that is desperate to be wind?

נֹאָֽשׁ׃ no.'Ash “[one who] despairs”

Therefore I turned about to cause my heart to despair concerning all the labour wherein I had laboured under the sun.

לְיַאֵ֣שׁ (יַאֵ֣שׁ) ya.'Esh “make despair”

Thou wast wearied with the length of thy way; yet saidst thou not: 'There is no hope'; thou didst find a renewal of thy strength, therefore thou wast not affected.

נוֹאָ֑שׁ no.'Ash “despairing”

Withhold thy foot from being unshod, and thy throat from thirst; but thou saidst: 'There is no hope; no, for I have loved strangers, and after them will I go.'

נוֹאָ֔שׁ no.'Ash “despairing”

But they say: There is no hope; but we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.'

נוֹאָ֑שׁ no.'Ash “despairing”