יָדָה
yâdâh · yaw-daw'
physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root; used only as denominative from H3027 (יָד); literally, to use (i.e. hold out) the hand;
physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)
- physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away
- especially to revere or worship (with extended hands)
- intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cast (out), (make) confess(-ion), praise, shoot, (give) thank(-ful, -s, -sgiving).
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the doorway, the way in › to reveal, behold
The hand that works of the doorway, the way in that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָדָה 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
114 occurrences · 114 OT · 0 NT · 77 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- i will praise12 · 16%
- praise11 · 14%
- o give thanks10 · 13%
- shall praise5 · 7%
- and confess5 · 7%
- to give thanks5 · 7%
- oh that men would praise4 · 5%
- will i praise3 · 4%
- for i shall yet praise3 · 4%
- and to give thanks2 · 3%
- and praise2 · 3%
- then they shall confess1 · 1%
- to praise1 · 1%
- therefore i will give thanks1 · 1%
- and praised1 · 1%
- if they shall confess1 · 1%
- we thank1 · 1%
- to thank1 · 1%
- that we may give thanks1 · 1%
- give thanks1 · 1%
- this psalm to thank1 · 1%
- and thanking1 · 1%
- and to thank1 · 1%
- to thee, and confess1 · 1%
- of these things, that he shall confess1 · 1%
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.