H2976–יָאַשׁ–ya.ash

And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul: there is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; and Saul will despair of me to seek me any more within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.

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

Do ye imagine to reprove words? The speeches of one that is desperate are indeed for the wind.

נֹאָֽשׁ׃ no.'Ash “[one who] despairs”

Then I went about to cause my heart to despair of all the labour wherewith I had laboured under the sun.

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

Thou wast wearied by the multitude of thy ways; [ergänzt: but] thou saidst not, It is of no avail. Thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not sick [ergänzt: of it].

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 love strangers, and after them will I go.

נוֹאָ֔שׁ no.'Ash “despairing”

But they say, There is no hope; for we will walk after our own devices, and we will each one do [ergänzt: according to] the stubbornness of his evil heart.

נוֹאָ֑שׁ no.'Ash “despairing”