אִיתַי
ʼîythay · ee-thah'ee
properly, entity; used only as aparticle of affirmation, there is
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H3426 (יֵשׁ);
properly, entity; used only as aparticle of affirmation, there is
- properly, entity
- used only as aparticle of affirmation, there is
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: art thou, can, do ye, have, it be, there is (are), [idiom] we will not.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- 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
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the hand that works › the mark, the covenant sign › the hand that works
Strength, the leader of the hand that works of the mark, the covenant sign of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אִיתַי 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- there is4 · 24%
- is2 · 12%
- thou shalt have1 · 6%
- it be1 · 6%
- and there is1 · 6%
- art1 · 6%
- that i have1 · 6%
- there are1 · 6%
- ye1 · 6%
- ye be1 · 6%
- that we will1 · 6%
- and they have1 · 6%
- can1 · 6%
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.