יָדַד
yâdad · yaw-dad'
properly, to handle, i.e. to throw, e.g. lots
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; (compare H3034 (יָדָה))
properly, to handle, i.e. to throw, e.g. lots
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cast.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the doorway, the way in › the doorway, the way in
The hand that works of the doorway, the way in of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָדַד 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
3 occurrences · 3 OT · 0 NT · 1 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and they have cast1 · 33%
- and cast1 · 33%
- and they cast1 · 33%
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.