יָנָה
yânâh · yaw-naw'
to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to rage or be violent; by implication, to suppress, to maltreat
- to rage or be violent
- by implication, to suppress, to maltreat
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: destroy, (thrust out by) oppress(-ing, -ion, -or), proud, vex, do violence.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- 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 seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
The hand that works of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָנָה 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 · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- thou shalt neither vex1 · 5%
- ye shall not vex1 · 5%
- ye shall not oppress1 · 5%
- ye shall not therefore oppress1 · 5%
- thou shalt not oppress1 · 5%
- let us destroy1 · 5%
- of the proud1 · 5%
- them that oppress1 · 5%
- and do no wrong1 · 5%
- of the oppressor1 · 5%
- the oppressing1 · 5%
- of the oppressing1 · 5%
- and hath not oppressed1 · 5%
- hath oppressed1 · 5%
- neither hath oppressed1 · 5%
- in thee have they vexed1 · 5%
- and have vexed1 · 5%
- shall no more oppress1 · 5%
- by oppression1 · 5%
- to thrust1 · 5%
- to the oppressing1 · 5%
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.