יָבַל
yâbal · yaw-bal'
properly, to flow; causatively, to bring (especially with pomp)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to flow; causatively, to bring (especially with pomp)
- properly, to flow
- causatively, to bring (especially with pomp)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bring (forth), carry, lead (forth).
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- 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 › the house, what is within › authority, the one who leads
The hand that works of the house, what is within of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָבַל 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
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- who will bring2 · 11%
- i should have been as though i had not been; i should have been carried1 · 6%
- they shall be brought forth1 · 6%
- yet shall he be brought1 · 6%
- she shall be brought1 · 6%
- shall they be brought1 · 6%
- bring1 · 6%
- him bring1 · 6%
- be brought1 · 6%
- shall carry1 · 6%
- he is brought1 · 6%
- and be led forth1 · 6%
- that is brought1 · 6%
- will i lead1 · 6%
- it shall be also carried1 · 6%
- is carried1 · 6%
- shall bring1 · 6%
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.