יָדָהyâdâh

throw, cast

Pronunciation: yaw-daw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3034

Meanings

Qal: shoot (arrows) at (Jeremiah 50:14)

Pi`el: and they cast (stones) on me, to cast down (the horns of the nations) (Lamentations 3:53; Zechariah 2:4)

Hiph`il: throw (1 Kings 8:33; Psalms 75:2; Nehemiah 11:17)

1. give thanks, laud, praise

a. ritual, with my song will I praise him (Genesis 49:8; Job 40:14; Psalms 45:18)

b. give thanks to, for he is good (Psalms 106:47; 1 Chronicles 16:35; Psalms 122:4)

2. confess

b. confessing and forsaking (Psalms 32:5; Proverbs 28:13)

Hithpa`el

1. confess (Ezra 10:1; Nehemiah 9:3; Daniel 9:4)

2. give thanks (2 Chronicles 30:22)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 114 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 29:35 Once again Leah became pregnant and gave birth to another son. She named him Judah, for she said, “Now I will praise the Lord!” And then she stopped having children.
  • Genesis 49:8 “Judah, your brothers will praise you. You will grasp your enemies by the neck. All your relatives will bow before you.
  • Leviticus 5:5 “When you become aware of your guilt in any of these ways, you must confess your sin.
  • Leviticus 16:21 He will lay both of his hands on the goat’s head and confess over it all the wickedness, rebellion, and sins of the people of Israel. In this way, he will transfer the people’s sins to the head of the goat. Then a man specially chosen for the task will drive the goat into the wilderness.
  • Leviticus 26:40 “But at last my people will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors for betraying me and being hostile toward me.
  • Numbers 5:7 They must confess their sin and make full restitution for what they have done, adding an additional 20 percent and returning it to the person who was wronged.
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