יָתֵד
yâthêd · yaw-thade'
a peg
Lexicon
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to pin through or fast;
a peg
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: nail, paddle, pin, stake.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- 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 mark, the covenant sign › the doorway, the way in
The hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign of the doorway, the way in.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָתֵד 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
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and all the pins3 · 13%
- thereof, and all the pins2 · 8%
- and their pins2 · 8%
- the pins1 · 4%
- and the pins1 · 4%
- and his pins1 · 4%
- and thou shalt have a paddle1 · 4%
- a nail1 · 4%
- the nail1 · 4%
- and the nail1 · 4%
- to the nail1 · 4%
- it with the pin1 · 4%
- with the pin1 · 4%
- us a nail1 · 4%
- him as a nail1 · 4%
- shall the nail1 · 4%
- not one of the stakes1 · 4%
- thy stakes1 · 4%
- a pin1 · 4%
- out of him the nail1 · 4%
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.