יָתַרyâthar
remain over
Pronunciation: yaw-thar' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3498
Meanings
Qal: the remainder (1 Samuel 15:15)
Niph`al: be left over, remain over, be left over, remain (over) (Exodus 10:15; 2 Kings 20:17; Zechariah 13:8)
Hiph`il: construct (Exodus 10:15; Isaiah 1:9; Deuteronomy 28:54)
1.
a. leave over, leave (Exodus 10:15; Ruth 2:14; Ruth 2:18)
b. leave a remnant, absolute (Ezekiel 6:8)
c. save over, i.e. preserve alive (Psalms 79:11)
2. excel, shew pre-eminence (Genesis 49:4)
3. shew excess = have more than enough (Exodus 36:7; 2 Kings 4:43; 2 Chronicles 31:10)
Same root
- אֶבְיָתָרʼEbyâthâr · H54Ebjathar, an Israelite
- הוֹתִירHôwthîyr · H1956Hothir, an Israelite
- יוֹתֵרyôwthêr · H3148properly, redundant; hence, over and above, as adjective, noun, adverb or conjunction
- יָתוּרyâthûwr · H3491properly, what is left, i.e. (by implication) a gleaning
- יַתִּירYattîyr · H3492Jattir, a place in Palestine
- יֶתֶרyether · H3499properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
- יִתְרוֹןyithrôwn · H3504preeminence, gain
- יִתְרָןYithrân · H3506Jithran, the name of an Edomite and of an Israelite
Where it appears
Appears 106 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 30:36 who took them a three-days’ journey from where Jacob was. Meanwhile, Jacob stayed and cared for the rest of Laban’s flock.
- Genesis 32:24 This left Jacob all alone in the camp, and a man came and wrestled with him until the dawn began to break.
- Genesis 44:20 And we responded, ‘Yes, my lord, we have a father who is an old man, and his youngest son is a child of his old age. His full brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him very much.’
- Genesis 49:4 But you are as unruly as a flood, and you will be first no longer. For you went to bed with my wife; you defiled my marriage couch.
- Exodus 10:15 For the locusts covered the whole country and darkened the land. They devoured every plant in the fields and all the fruit on the trees that had survived the hailstorm. Not a single leaf was left on the trees and plants throughout the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 12:10 Do not leave any of it until the next morning. Burn whatever is not eaten before morning.
See every passage
- Genesis 30:36, 32:24, 44:20, 49:4
- Exodus 10:15, 12:10, 16:19, 16:20, 28:10, 29:34, 36:7
- Leviticus 2:3, 2:10, 6:16, 7:16, 7:17, 8:32, 10:12, 10:16, 14:18, 14:29, 19:6, 22:30, 27:18
- Numbers 26:65, 33:55
- Deuteronomy 28:11, 28:54, 30:9
- Joshua 11:11, 11:22, 17:2, 17:6, 18:2, 21:5, 21:20, 21:26, 21:34, 21:40
- Judges 8:10, 9:5, 21:7, 21:16
- Ruth 2:14, 2:18
- 1 Samuel 2:36, 25:34, 30:9
- 2 Samuel 8:4, 9:1, 13:30, 17:12
- 1 Kings 9:20, 9:21, 15:18, 17:17, 18:22, 19:10, 19:14, 20:30
- 2 Kings 4:7, 4:43, 4:44, 20:17
- 1 Chronicles 6:61, 6:70, 6:77, 18:4, 24:20
- 2 Chronicles 8:7, 8:8, 31:10
- Nehemiah 6:1
- Psalms 79:11, 106:11
- Proverbs 2:21
- Isaiah 1:8, 1:9, 4:3, 7:22, 30:17, 39:6
- Jeremiah 27:18, 27:19, 27:21, 34:7, 44:7
- Ezekiel 6:8, 12:16, 14:22, 34:18, 39:14, 39:28, 48:15, 48:18, 48:21
- Daniel 10:13
- Amos 6:9
- Zechariah 13:8, 14:16
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).