יָחַל
yâchal · yaw-chal'
to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to wait; by implication, to be patient, hope
- to wait
- by implication, to be patient, hope
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: (cause to, have, make to) hope, be pained, stay, tarry, trust, wait.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- 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 › to separate and protect › authority, the one who leads
The hand that works that works to separate and protect of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָחַל 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
41 occurrences · 41 OT · 0 NT · 31 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and he tarried2 · 7%
- do i hope2 · 7%
- within me? hope2 · 7%
- hope2 · 7%
- and he stayed1 · 3%
- shalt thou tarry1 · 3%
- i may not tarry1 · 3%
- what should i wait1 · 3%
- that i should hope1 · 3%
- me, yet will i trust1 · 3%
- will i wait1 · 3%
- and waited1 · 3%
- and they waited1 · 3%
- unto me: and when i waited1 · 3%
- behold, i waited1 · 3%
- when i had waited1 · 3%
- all ye that hope1 · 3%
- him, upon them that hope1 · 3%
- be upon us, according as we hope1 · 3%
- in me? hope1 · 3%
- while i wait1 · 3%
- but i will hope1 · 3%
- for i have hoped1 · 3%
- upon which thou hast caused me to hope1 · 3%
- me; because i have hoped1 · 3%
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.