יָאַלyâʼal
shew willingness, be pleased, determine, undertake to do anything (and do it)
Pronunciation: yaw-al' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2974
Meanings
Hiph`il
1. shew willingness to do anything, accept an invitation, acquiesce (Exodus 2:21; Judges 17:11; Joshua 7:7)
2. more actively, voluntarily undertake to do anything (and do it) (Genesis 18:27; Genesis 18:31; 1 Samuel 17:39)
3. more actively still, be pleased, determine on one's own responsibility, resolve (Joshua 17:12; Judges 1:27; Judges 1:35)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 19 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 18:27 Then Abraham spoke again. “Since I have begun, let me speak further to my Lord, even though I am but dust and ashes.
- Genesis 18:31 Then Abraham said, “Since I have dared to speak to the Lord, let me continue—suppose there are only twenty?” And the Lord replied, “Then I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”
- Exodus 2:21 Moses accepted the invitation, and he settled there with him. In time, Reuel gave Moses his daughter Zipporah to be his wife.
- Deuteronomy 1:5 While the Israelites were in the land of Moab east of the Jordan River, Moses carefully explained the Lord’s instructions as follows.
- Joshua 7:7 Then Joshua cried out, “Oh, Sovereign Lord, why did you bring us across the Jordan River if you are going to let the Amorites kill us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side!
- Joshua 17:12 But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these towns because the Canaanites were determined to stay in that region.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).