יָתַר
yâthar · yaw-thar'
to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve
- to jut over or exceed
- by implication, to excel
- (intransitively) to remain or be left
- causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, -nant), reserve, residue, rest.
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
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest
The hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָתַר 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
106 occurrences · 106 OT · 0 NT · 83 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- that were left7 · 12%
- and the rest5 · 8%
- left3 · 5%
- shall be left3 · 5%
- that remain3 · 5%
- of them left3 · 5%
- and that which is left2 · 3%
- of the rest2 · 3%
- and the remnant2 · 3%
- and there remained2 · 3%
- and i, even i only, am left2 · 3%
- was left2 · 3%
- and it shall come to pass, that every one that is left2 · 3%
- which were left2 · 3%
- and left2 · 3%
- for them that remain2 · 3%
- had left2 · 3%
- horses, but reserved2 · 3%
- the rest2 · 3%
- and have left2 · 3%
- and the residue2 · 3%
- and that which remaineth2 · 3%
- and ye shall let nothing of it remain1 · 2%
- thou shalt not excel1 · 2%
- and he alone is left1 · 2%
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.