Strong's Lexicon: H3034 יָדָה

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H3034
Word:	יָדָה
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root; used only as denominative from H3027
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	114
Transliteration:	yadah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	yaw-daw'
Meaning:	1. (literally) to use (i.e. hold out) the hand 2. (physically) to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away 3. (especially) to revere or worship (with extended hands) 4. (intensively) to bemoan (by wringing the hands)
KJV Renderings:	cast (out), (make) confess(-ion), praise, shoot, (give) thank(-ful, -s, -sgiving).

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[יָדָה] verb throw, cast (Arabic [untranscribed source text 2180] exeruit, emisit, II. IV. emisit (all now in special senses); Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2181] throw, cast on or in (very often; compare [untranscribed source text 2182]); where Hiph`il give thanks, confess (originally acknowledge ?) is commonly derived, perhaps from gestures accompanying the act, see Thes Lag^{Or. ii. 22}, yet connection uncertain; Aramaic Pa`el וַדֵּי, Aph`el אוֺדִּי confess, [untranscribed source text 2183], [untranscribed source text 2184] id.; but Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2185] accuse, perhaps also from gesture; Palmyrene מודא render thanks, often in votive inscriptions, see Vog on No. 79; עבד ומודא Vog^{No. 101} = εὐχαρίστως ἀνέθηκε; מודן כל יום Vog^{No. 93. 1};

Palmyrene ידתא pious, read ירתא נה) SAC⁸⁰ also Id^{JQ 1904, 593}. ידתא pious Vog^{No. 29}) —

Qal Imperative יְדוּ אֶלֿ shoot (arrows) at Jer 50:14 (read probably, with some Manuscripts יְרוּ).

Pi`el Imperfect וַיַּדּוּ בִּי Lam 3:53 and they cast (stones) on me; Infinitive יַדּוֺת Zech 2:4 to cast down (the horns of the nations).

Hiph`il (connection with ידה throw, obscure, yet see above) Perfect הוֺדוּ 1Kgs 8:33 + 3 t.; הוֺדִינוּ Ps 75:2 (twice in verse); Imperfect יְהוֺדֶה Neh 11:17 (on form see Ges^{«GKC:53»§ 53}, R. 7); יוֺדֶה Ps 6:6 1 singular suffix אֲהוֺדֶנּוּ Ps 28:7 (Ges^l.c.); אוֺדֶנּוּ Ps 42:6 ; Ps 42:12; Ps 43:5 plural יוֺדוּ Ps 99:3 + 6 t.; suffix יְהוֺדוּךָ Ps 45:18 (Ges^l.c.); יוֺדֻךָ Ps 49:19 , etc. + 41 t. Imperfect; Imperative הוֺדוּ Isa 12:4 + 16 t.; הֹדוּ Ps 107:1 Infinitive הוֺדוֺת 1Chr 25:3 + 11 t.; הוֺדֹת Ezra 3:11 הֹדוֺת 1Chr 16:7 + 4 t. (see. Baer Ps 92:2 ); Participle מוֺדֶה Prov 28:13 plural מוֺדִים 1Chr 29:13 —

1. give thanks, laud, praise;

a. with accusative (1) of men, Judah Gen 49:8 (poetic play on name); Job (ironical) Job 40:14 the king Ps 45:18 the rich Ps 49:19 (2) of ׳ י, Gen 29:35 ( J explanation name יהודה); elsewhere (mostly Psalms and Chronicles) of ritual worship (see Lag^{Or. ii. 22
f.}); object ׳ שֵׁם בי Isa 25:1 ; Ps 44:9; Ps 54:8; Ps 99:3; Ps 138:2; Ps 142:8 ׳ פֶּלֶא י Ps 89:6 יהוה Ps 7:18 ; Ps 9:2; Ps 109:30; Ps 111:1 יָהּ Ps 118:10 suffix ךָ- referring to God Ps 30:10; Ps 30:13; Ps 35:18; Ps 43:4; Ps 52:11; Ps 67:4 (twice in verse); Ps 67:6 (twice in verse); Ps 71:22; Ps 76:11; Ps 88:11; Ps 118:21; Ps 118:28; Ps 119:7; Ps 138:1; Ps 139:14; Isa 38:18; Isa 38:19 (song of Hezekiah); — נֶּ֯וּ Ps 42:6 ; Ps 42:12; Ps 43:5 מִשִּׁירִי אֲהוֺדֶנּוּ Ps 28:7 with my song will I praise him; ׳ אוֺדְךָ י I will praise thee ׳ י 2Sam 22:50 = Ps 18:50 = Ps 108:4, Isa 12:1 (exilic hymn); אדני Ps 57:10; Ps 86:12, compare Ps 138:4; Ps 145:10.

b. followed by לְ only of the ritual worship: ׳ לְשֵׁם י Ps 106:47 = 1Chr 16:35; Ps 122:4; Ps 140:14 לְזֵכֶר קָדְשׁוֺ Ps 30:5 ; Ps 97:12 ׳ לי 1Chr 16:4; 1Chr 16:7; 1Chr 16:41; 1Chr 23:30; 1Chr 25:3; 2Chr 5:13; 2Chr 7:6; 2Chr 20:22; Ps 33:2; Ps 92:2 ; Ps 105:1 = 1Chr 16:8 = Isa 12:4 כי טוב ׳ הודו לי give thanks to ׳ י for he is good Ps 106:1; Ps 107:1; Ps 118:1; Ps 118:29; Ps 136:1; 1Chr 16:34 so Jer 33:11 (followed by ׳ אֶתיֿ); compare הוד(ו)ת 2Chr 7:3 ; Ezra 3:11 חסדו ׳ יודו לי Ps 107:8; Ps 107:15; Ps 107:21; Ps 107:31 לאלהים Neh 12:46; Ps 136:1 לאדני Ps 136:3 לאל Ps 136:26 suffixes referring to God: לְךָ Ps 6:6; Ps 79:13; Ps 119:62 לוֺ Ps 100:4 לך + אלהים Ps 75:2 (twice in verse); 1Chr 29:13 absolute 2Chr 31:2; Neh 11:17; Neh 12:24 all of the ritual worship.

2. confess,

a. the name of God, || שׁוּב, התחנן, התפלל, 1Kgs 8:33; 1Kgs 8:35 = 2Chr 6:24; 2Chr 6:26.

b. עֲלֵי פשׁע Ps 32:5 (|| לֹא כִסִּיתִי); (פשׁעיו) מוֺדֶה וְעֹזֵב Prov 28:13 confessing and forsaking (his transgressions; opposed to מְכַסֶּה ).

Hithpa`el Perfect הִתְוַדָּה Lev 5:5; Lev 16:21 הִתְוַדּוּ Lev 26:40; Num 5:7 Imperfect 1 singular אֶתְוַדֶּה Dan 9:4 plural יִתְוַדּוּ Neh 9:2 Infinitive suffix הִתְוַדֹּתוֺ Ezra 10:1 Participle מִתְוַדֶּה Neh 1:6 ; Dan 9:20 plural מִתְוַדִּים 2Chr 30:22; Neh 9:3 —

1. confess, absolute Ezra 10:1; Neh 9:3; Dan 9:4 with accusative עָוֺן Lev 16:21 ( P ), Lev 26:40 ( H ); חטאת Num 5:7 ( P ), Dan 9:20 אֲשֶׁר חָטָא Lev 5:5 ( P ); עַל חטאות Neh 1:6 ; Neh 9:2.

2. give thanks, ליהוה, in the ritual worship 2Chr 30:22.

BDB9570

[יְדָא] verb

Haph`el praise (see Biblical Hebrew ידךְ); — Participle active מְהוֺדֵא Dan 2:23 ( ל of deity), מוֺדֵא (K^{§§ 93, 2; 43, 1 c} )) Dan 6:1l ( קְָדָם of deity).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

ידה (yah-dah’)

Jeremiah 50:14

KJV: Put yourselves in array against Babylon round about: all ye that bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she hath sinned against the Lord.

EHCC: shoot at her, spare no arrows:

Zechariah 1:21

KJV: Then said I, What come these to do? And he spake, saying, These are the horns which have scattered Judah, so that no man did lift up his head: but these are come to fray them, to cast out the horns of the Gentiles, which lifted up their horn over the land of Judah to scatter it.

EHCC: (2:4).to cast owt the horns of the Gentiles,

Lamentations 3:53

KJV: They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

EHCC: and cast a stone upon me.

Strong's Lexicon

H3034 — יָדָה