- Original: יגה - Transliteration: Yagah - Phonetic: yaw-gaw' - Definition: 1. to afflict, grieve, suffer, cause grief a. (Niphal) grieved, grieving (participle) b. (Piel) to grieve c. (Hiphil) to cause grief, cause sorrow - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 839 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to grieve: - afflict cause grief grieve sorrowful vex. Total KJV Occurrences: 8 • afflict, 1 Isaiah 51:23 • afflicted, 3 Lamentations 1:4; Lamentations 1:5; Lamentations 1:12 • grief, 1 Lamentations 3:32 • grieve, 1 Lamentations 3:33 • sorrowful, 1 Zephaniah 3:18 • vex, 1 Job 19:2