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Deuteronomy 30:9

“And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יָתַרyâthar · yaw-thar'
H3498 · Hebrew

Definition: to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, -nant), reserve, residue, rest.
Grammar: וְ — conjunction
הוֹתִֽירְ — verb Hiphil, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
ךָ֩ — suffix (pronominal), 2nd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vhq3ms/Sp2ms
Usage: Occurs 107 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 30:36 Genesis 32:25 Genesis 44:20 Genesis 49:4 Exodus 10:15

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָתַר here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.