י – Yod – Biblical Hebrew Study Dictionary

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Hebrew Word – English Transliteration – Meanings – Word Construction – Notes

 

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י


יאה    YAH     acceptable / befitting

‘bring… first… be’

It is ‘befitting’ to begin by bringing the first to be.  This is the equivalent of starting at the beginning.


יאל     YAL     undertake / be willing / be foolish  

י = bring forth + אל = toward

אויל  AWYL    fool                     

אולת  AWLTh    folly        


יאר     YAR     river / Nile                                   

י = bring + אור= light

or:  ‘bring… source… man’

– perhaps referring to travel by boat.


יאשיה    YAShYH     Josiah (a king)                 

י = bring + אש = fire + יה = YHWH


יבל     YBL     carry / bring                              

י = bring forth + בלל = flow

יובל  YWBL    jubilee / ram’s horn               

יבול  YBWL     produce              

תבל  ThBL     world


יבשה    YBShH     dry land / wither / dry 

‘bring… tent… fill… be’


יגה    YGH     grieve                                          

‘bring… remove… be’

יגון   YGWN    sorrow


יגע     YGO     toil / be weary                              

‘bring… gather… seen’

יגיע   YGYO    labor


יד      YD     hand

‘bring forth… connection’


ידה      YDH     praise

‘bring… connection…shall be’


ידע    YDO     know

‘make… connection… seen’

הדעת   HDOTh     knowledge


ידעני     YDONY     spiritist / wizard                  

ידע = know + נ = ahead + י = bring


יהב     YHB     come / give                                   

‘bring… be… tent’


יהודה     YHWDH      Judah       (son of Jacob / tribe of Israel)

יהוה = YHWH + ד = path through + ה = shall be

also:   יהוה = YHWH + ידה = praise


יהודי   YHWDY      jew                            

 יהודה = Judah + י = bring forth


יהוה      YHWH   (name of God)                           

י = bring (or he) + היה = exist

also: ‘bring forth… shall be… add to… shall be’


יהושע     YHWShO     Joshua                  

יהוה = YHWH + ישע = salvation


יום     YWM     day

‘bring forth… add to… physical’


יונה    YWNH    dove                                

‘bring… add… emerging… be’

– perhaps refers to the dove’s role in the Flood Story.


יוסף   YWSPh    Joseph       (son of Jacob / tribe of Israel)

י = bring + ו = add + יסף = increase


יחד    YChD     unity / together      

‘bring forth… separate… connection’


יחדו    YChDW     together              

‘bring… separate… connection… add to’


יחיד    YChYD     only                     

י = bring forth + ח = separate + יד = hand

If you bring forth a hand separate from the other, then you present ‘only’ one hand.


יחל     YChL     wait / hope                                 

‘make… separate… extending’


יחם      YChM     heat / wrath 

‘bring… separate… physical’

חמה   ChMH    heat / wrath


יחש    YChSh     sprout / genealogy          

‘bring forth… separate… doubles’


יטב    YTB     to be good / pleasing

‘bring… surround… tent’

or:  ‘bring… surround… devotion’


יין     YYN     wine       

‘bring forth… make… ahead’


יכח    YKCh     decide / judge  / prove

‘bring… carry… separate’

– referring to the result of a judging a case.

תוכחת   ThWKChTh     reproof


יכל     YKL     able                                              

י = make + כל = all


ילד    YLD     bring forth / birth

‘bring… extending… connection’

or:  ‘bring… extending… path through’

מולדת   MWLDTh    native land            

תולדות   ThWLDWTh    generations


ילל      YLL     wail                                     

‘bring forth… extending… far reaching’


ילן      YLN     to grumble                                   

‘make… far reaching… ahead’

– perhaps to cause a distance or lack of unity.


ים        YM     sea

‘bring forth… water’


ימן      YMN     south / right hand   

‘bring… physical… emerging’

– perhaps refers to the warmth that accompanies the growing season.

תימן  ThYMN    south                


ינה      YNH     oppress / wrong                           

‘make… ahead… separate’


ינח    YNCh    leave / deposit  

‘make… ahead… separate’


ינק      YNQ     suck                                             

‘make… ahead… enduring’

יונק   YWNQ    tender plant 


יסד     YSD     lay foundation / establish         

‘bring forth… pieces… path through’        

יסוד   YSWD    foundation                 

סוד   SWD    counsel


יסף      YSPh     increase / add

‘bring forth… pieces… turn (change)’


יסר    YSR     discipline / to correct

י = make + סור = turn aside

– to alter one’s course.


יעד      YOD    appoint / congregation / meet 

‘make… seen… connection’

or:   י = bring + עד = up to     

מועד   MWOD    appointed time or place               

עדן   ODN     time


יעל     YOL     to profit                             

י = bring + על = above  

or: ‘bring… seen… extending’


יען     YON      because                                       

י = bring + ענה = answer        


יעץ    YOTs     advise / counsel

‘bring forth… perceived… formation’

יועץ   YWOTs    counselor


יעקב    YOQB     Jacob

‘bring forth… seen… venerated…tent (house)’


יער    YOR     forest / wood                      

י = make + ערב  = evening

or:   י = make + ערפל = darkness      


יפה    YPhH      beauty

‘bring forth… breath… shall be’

יפי   YPhY    beauty


יפלא    YPhLA     miracle / wonder / impossible                                                                   

י = bring + פ = turn + לא = not

– meaning: something that cannot be changed or done.


יצא     YTsA     to go out

‘bring forth… action… source’

צאצא   TsATsA    offspring           

מוצא   MWTsA    going forth / source           

תוצאות   ThWTsAWTh    ends / outgoing


יצב     YTsB     stand                                 

‘make… formation… tent’


יצג     YTsG     set / place                          

‘bring forth… formation… gather’


יצהר    YTsHR     oil                               

‘bring forth… formation… be… body’

צהרים  TsHRYM    noon             

צהר  TsHR    press out oil / glisten


יצק    YTsQ     cast / pour

‘bring forth… formation… enduring’

– likely originating with smithing and pouring casts.


יצחק   YTsChQ      Isaac

י = bring + נצח = unlikely outcome + ק = venerated (God)


יצר    YTsR     fashion / form / make pottery

‘make… formation… body’

יוצר   YWTsR    potter


יצת   YTsTh     kindle / burn                            

‘bring… formation… together’


יקב   YQB     wine vat                             

‘bring forth… enduring… tent’

– perhaps referring to long term storage.


יקם     YQM       revenge

י  = bring + י  = rise up


יקץ   YQTs     to awake                                    

י = bring + קצה = end


יקר    YQR     precious

‘make… venerated… man’


יקש   YQSh     ensnare / trap                            

‘bring… enduring… fill’

מוקש   MWQSh    snare


ירא    YRA     fear                                       

י = bring + ראה = see

יראה    YRAH     bring it to be seen / provide


ירד    YRD      descend

‘bring forth… man… door’

– a reference to the door of a tent which hangs down when closed.


יריעה     YRYOH     curtain             

ירה = flow + י = make + ע = seen + ה = be


ירה    YRH      teach / show/ shoot / throw / flow          

‘make… man… be’


ירח    YRCh      moon                               

‘bring forth… body… separate’


ירך    YRK      base / thigh / side / loin                          

‘make… body… carry’


ירק    YRQ    green

‘bring forth… body… enduring’


ירש     YRSh     net / possess / dispossess / inherit

‘bring… body… fill’

רשת   RShTh    net            

תירוש  ThYRWSh     new wine                                 

רש   RSh    be poor


יש     YSh     exist / substance / there is

‘bring… fill’


ישא    YShA    to  confuse / deceive / mislead

‘make… doubles… source’


ישב   YShB     dwell / sit down

‘bring … fill… tent’

מושב  MWShB    dwelling / seat             

תושב  ThWShB    sojourner                

שבות  ShBWTh    captivity    


ישוף   YShWPh     bruise

‘bring… fill… add to… change’


ישימן     YShYMN      desert                     

י = bring + ש = fill + ימן = south

ישימון   YShYMWN    desert / wilderness


ישע    YShO      deliver / save

‘bring… fill… seen’

– meaning to set free by releasing one to be able to go forth and fill an area.

ישועה   YShWOH    salvation              

שוע  ShWO     cry for help


ישעיה     YShOYH      Isaiah                    

ישע = salvation + יה = YHWH


ישר    YShR      upright / straight                      

‘make… fill… body’

מישור   MYShWR    plain / uprightness


ישראל      YShRAL      Israel                              

ישר = upright + אלהים = God, the Creator


יששכר     YShShKR     Issachar   (son of Jacob / tribe of Israel)                              

ישע = salvation + שכר = wages


יתד     YThD     peg

‘bring… together… connection’


יתום    YThWM      orphan        

יתר = remain over + ו = add to + ם = physical 


יתר    YThR      exceed / remainder / remain over

‘bring… together… body’

יתרון  YThRWN    profit                       

יתרת  YThRTh    appendage


 

 

 

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Brown Italics  =  Related words with meanings derived via logic, context or unknown.

Brown Bold = Words derived via grammar rules.

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