יָאַל
yâʼal · yaw-al'
properly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root (probably rather the same as H2973 (יָאַל) through the idea of mental weakness);
properly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition
- properly, to yield, especially assent
- hence, (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: assay, begin, be content, please, take upon, [idiom] willingly, would.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › strength, the leader › authority, the one who leads
The hand that works of strength, the leader of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָאַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
19 occurrences · 19 OT · 0 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- would3 · 16%
- be content3 · 16%
- behold now, i have taken upon me2 · 11%
- was content2 · 11%
- began1 · 5%
- we had been content1 · 5%
- sake: because it hath pleased1 · 5%
- and he assayed1 · 5%
- therefore now let it please1 · 5%
- now therefore let it please1 · 5%
- even that it would please1 · 5%
- now therefore be content1 · 5%
- because he willingly1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.