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Judges 17:11
“And the Levite was content to dwell with the man; and the young man was unto him as one of his sons.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
יָאַלyâʼal · yaw-al'
H2974 · Hebrew
H2974 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition
- Derivation
- a primitive root (probably rather the same as H2973 (יָאַל) through the idea of mental weakness);
- KJV renderings
- assay, begin, be content, please, take upon, [idiom] willingly, would.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יּ֥וֹאֶל — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 19 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 18:27Genesis 18:31Exodus 2:21Deuteronomy 1:5Joshua 7:7
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 יָאַל here.
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.