יָרַט
yâraṭ · yaw-rat'
to precipitate or hurl (rush) headlong; (intransitively) to be rash
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to precipitate or hurl (rush) headlong; (intransitively) to be rash
- to precipitate or hurl (rush) headlong
- (intransitively) to be rash
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be perverse, turn over.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the head, the highest › to surround and contain
The hand that works of the head, the highest that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָרַט 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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- is perverse1 · 50%
- and turned me over1 · 50%
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.