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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #3261 - יָעָה

Transliteration

yâʻâh

Phonetics

yaw-aw'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

879

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

(Qal) to sweep, sweep away, sweep together

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Isaiah 1

BSB (1)

Isaiah 1

CSB (1)

Isaiah 1

ESV (1)

Isaiah 1

KJV (1)

Isaiah 1

LEB (1)

Isaiah 1

LSB (2)

Isaiah 2

N95 (2)

Isaiah 2

NAS (2)

Isaiah 2

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

Isaiah 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1223) o i (יאה YAh) AC: Sweep CO: Shovel AB: ?

A) o i (יאה YAh) AC: ? CO: Shovel AB: ?

N^m ) o i (יאה YAh) - Shovel: KJV (4): shovel - Strongs: H3257 (יָע)

H) e o i (יאהה YAhH) AC: Sweep CO: ? AB: ?

V) e o i (יאהה YAhH) - Sweep: KJV (1): (vf: Paal) sweep away - Strongs: H3261 (יָעָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

יָעָה verb sweep together (with collateral idea of carrying away) (Arabic

is collect, gather) —

Qal Perfect וְיָעָה consecutive Isaiah 28:17 subject בָּרָד with accusative (מַחְסֵה כָזָב׳ויעה ב). ** Compare also Arabic vessel Genesis 42:25 Saad, compare Baldensperger^{PEF 1904,53,} who compares Modern Arabic wa±â ().

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

יָעָה a root, ἅπαξ λεγόμ. Isaiah 28:17, [“to snatch away”], to remove, to take away. Arab. وعى = אָסַף to gather, IV. to lay up; perhaps, to take away, to snatch away; whence יָע a shovel, and

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List of Word Forms

וְיָעָ֤ה ויעה veyaAh wə·yā·‘āh wəyā‘āh