Hebrew words starting with yod
493 words in the Bible begin with yod (י), listed most frequent first. This is page 1 of 3. Every word links to its meaning, its attested forms, and the verses it appears in.
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- yahwehיהוהthe personal name of the God of Israel: his own name, the name he gives himself, by which his people are to call on him and know him as the God who is with them.
- yisra'elיִשְׂרָאֵלIsrael: the name given to Jacob, and then to the covenant people and nation descended from him
- yomיוֹםday: a bounded stretch of time seen as a whole, whether the daylight hours, one date on the calendar, or a whole span of living
- yadיָדthe hand: the part of the body that grasps and works, and by extension the power, the doing, and the reach that a hand stands for
- yashavיָשַׁבto sit, to dwell, or to stay: to settle into a fixed place and remain there, whether for a moment, a lifetime, or a reign.
- yatsaיָצָאto go out: to move from inside a place to outside it, or to come forth from a source into view
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- to bring out: to cause a person or thing to come out, to lead or carry something out from where it was
- yadaיָדַעto know: to have or come to have a firm hold on something, whether a fact, a skill, or a person.
- yehudahיְהוּדָהJudah: a man's name, borne above all by Jacob's fourth son, the brother from whom David's royal line descends
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- Judah: the tribe descended from Jacob's son, and the territory, southern kingdom, and Persian province that carried its name
- yerushalaimיְרוּשָׁלִַם, יְרוּשְׁלֵםJerusalem: the walled hill city of Judah that became the seat of Israel's kings and the one place chosen for worship, and whose name comes to stand for its people and their promised future as well as its streets
- yaladיָלַדto bring a child into the world: to give birth to, to father, or to be born
- yamיָםa sea: any great stretch of water, whether the open ocean, a particular sea or lake, or a river wide enough to be spoken of as one.
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- west: the direction of the sea, since the Mediterranean lay along Israel's whole western coast.
- yaradיָרַדto go down: to move from a higher place to a lower one, and (with an object) to bring something down
- ya'aqovיַעֲקֹבJacob: the twin son of Isaac who fathered the twelve tribes, and, in poetry and prophecy, a name for the whole nation descended from him
- yareיָרֵאto be afraid, to feel fear in the face of danger or threat.
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- to revere, to hold in awe; the posture of loyal devotion toward God or toward a legitimate authority.
- to be awesome, dreadful, or terrifying, said of the person, place, or act that inspires awe rather than the person who feels it.
- yehovihיהוהYHWH/Godnot studied yet
- yarashיָרַשׁto take possession of land or property, often by driving out whoever held it before
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- to be stripped of what you own and fall into poverty
- yehoshu'aיְהוֹשׁוּעַJoshua: a Hebrew man's name heard to mean "the LORD saves," borne above all by Moses' successor, the leader who brought Israel into the promised land.
- yosephיוֹסֵףJoseph, a man's name meaning "may he add": above all Jacob's son by Rachel, and four lesser men who share it
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- Joseph, the people descended from him: the two tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh together, and later the whole northern kingdom of Israel
- yasaphיָסַףto add: to join more onto what is already there, and so to increase it or do it once again
- yasahיָשַׁעto save: to step in on behalf of someone in danger, distress, or the wrong, and bring them through to safety, victory, or vindication.
- yakholיָכֹלto be able: to have the power, capacity, or permission to do something
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- to prevail: to overpower an opponent or win out in a struggle
- to endure: to be able to bear or put up with something
- yardenיַרְדֵּןthe Jordan: the river that runs down the great rift valley into the Dead Sea, together with the boundary, the region, and the landmarks named after it.
- yirmeyahיִרְמְיָהוּJeremiahnot studied yet
- yo'avיוֹאָבJoabnot studied yet
- yaḥdavיָחְדָּוtogether, as one: people or things joined in the same place, the same action, or the same fate.
- yayinיַיִןwine: the fermented, alcoholic drink made from grapes, the everyday wine of ancient Israel
- yaminיָמִיןthe right hand, or the right side: in Hebrew the side of strength, favor, and honor
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- the south: the direction on your right hand when you face the sunrise
- yeshיֵשׁthere is, there are: the word that asserts something exists, is present, or is at hand
- yasharיָשָׁרstraight, and so morally right: in line with the true standard, whether a road, a person, or God himself
- yatavיָטַבto go well, be pleasing: for something to turn out good or to seem good to someone
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- to do good, treat well: to act kindly toward someone or to bring about good for them
- yadahיָדָהto throw or shoot something out: cast a stone, hurl down, shoot an arrow
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- to acknowledge openly before God: give thanks, praise, or confess
- yitsḥaqיִצְחָקIsaac: the son of Abraham and Sarah, the promised heir and second of Israel's three founding fathers.
- yatarיָתַרto be left over: to still be there after the rest is gone, used up, or destroyed
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- to leave over: to set part aside so it stays, to have more than enough, or to spare someone alive
- yarovamיָרָבְעָםJeroboamnot studied yet
- yeterיֶתֶרwhat is left over: the rest, remainder, or surplus of something
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- a cord or bowstring: a length of twisted fiber, often the string of a bow
- ya'anיַעַןbecausenot studied yet
- yeledיֶלֶדa child or young person: one who has been born, from a newborn infant to a young man
- yehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָטJehoshaphatnot studied yet
- yehonatanיְהוֹנָתָןJonathannot studied yet
- yarahיָרָהto throw, shoot, or cast something through the air toward a target
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- to teach, instruct, or point out the way someone should go
- ya'atsיָעַץto work out a course of action by counsel: to advise, to consult together, or to settle on a plan
- yeshu'ahיְשׁוּעָהsalvation: the rescue brought to someone who cannot get themselves out of trouble, covering the saving act, the victory it wins, and the safety it leaves behind.
- yehudiיְהוּדִיa member of the people of Judah: a Judean, and later a Jew
- ye'orיְאֹרthe Nile, the great river of Egypt; by extension its branching channels, and now and then any large river or watercourse.
- yareיָרֵאGod-fearing: holding God in reverent awe, so that one lives faithfully and obediently
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- afraid: frightened of a threat or danger
- yatsarיָצַרto shape something into a form the way a potter shapes clay: to form, fashion, mold.
- yaveshיָבֵשׁto dry up or wither: to lose the moisture that keeps something alive or flowing, so that it shrivels, hardens, or runs dry
- yakhaḥיָכַחto set right: to establish what is just between parties, whether by judging, arguing a case, correcting with words, or disciplining
- ya'arיַעַרa forest: a wild stretch of land thick with trees, and the trees that grow there
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- a honeycomb: the comb of wild honey
- yehuיֵהוּאJehunot studied yet
- yeriḥoיְרִיחוֹJerichonot studied yet
- yeri'ahיְרִיעָהa tent-cloth: a single woven panel of fabric joined with others to roof or wall a tent
- yoshiyyahיֹאשִׁיָּהוּJosiahnot studied yet
- yehoyadaיְהוֹיָדָעJehoiadanot studied yet
- yahיָהּYah: the short form of God's personal name, the form Israel used in song and worship and the piece that gives us the word "hallelujah."
- yomamיוֹמָםby day: during the daylight hours, as opposed to the night
- yatsaqיָצַקto pour out a flowing substance, such as oil, water, or blood, onto or into something
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- to cast metal: to pour molten metal into a mold to form an object
- to set down firmly, or to be firm, hard, and immovable
- yatsavיָצַבto plant oneself in place: to take up a position and hold it, whether to wait, to appear before someone, or to stand one's ground
- yishma'elיִשְׁמָעֵאלIshmaelnot studied yet
- yo'ashיוֹאָשׁJoashnot studied yet
- yirahיִרְאָהfear: from raw dread of danger, through awe before the holy, to the reverent devotion to God that the Old Testament calls the beginning of wisdom.
- yonatanיוֹנָתָןJonathannot studied yet
- yasadיָסַדto lay the foundation of something, and so to set it up firmly and make it last
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- to take counsel together against someone; to band together and plot
- yasarיָסַרto discipline: to correct and train someone for their good, by words or by hardship or by blows
- yissaskharיִשָּׂשכָרIssachar: a man's name, carried above all by Jacob's fifth son with Leah, the boy his mother named for a wage she felt she had been paid
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- Issachar: the tribe descended from Jacob's fifth son, and the stretch of northern farmland the tribe held
- yaphehיָפֶהbeautiful: pleasing to look at or to take in through the senses
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- fitting: right, suitable, or good for its moment
- yishayיִשַׁיJessenot studied yet
- yatomיָתוֹםthe fatherless child: a young person whose father has died, left without his protection and provision
- yevusiיְבוּסִיJebusitenot studied yet
- yaḥalיָחַלto wait, to tarry: to let a set stretch of time pass before acting
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- to wait expectantly, to hope: to lean toward a future you are confident is coming, most often toward God
- yeshayahיְשַׁעְיָהוּIsaiahnot studied yet
- yehoyaqimיְהוֹיָקִיםJehoiakimnot studied yet
- yizre'elיִזְרְעֶאלJezreelnot studied yet
- yaqarיָקָרprecious: worth a great deal, and so costly, rare, or highly prized.
- yesahיֵשַׁעdeliverance: the rescue, victory, or safety that God brings to people in danger or distress
- yahavיָהַבgive: hand something over, grant it, or credit it to someone, always as a command or urgent request
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- come now!: a call urging others (or oneself) to get on with an action, often "come, let us..."
- yarekhיָרֵךְthe thigh: the fleshy upper part of the leg, and, by extension, the source of a person's children and the side or base of a structure
- yanaqיָנַקto nurse at the breast: to draw milk as an infant, or to give it as a mother or nurse
- yemaniיְמָנִיon the right; belonging to or located on the right-hand side
- yonahיוֹנָהa dove or pigeon, specifically the common rock dove and its young: the affordable altar-bird for the poor and a frequent image of tenderness, grief, and swift flight
- yalalיָלַלto wail: to raise a loud, howling cry of grief or dread
- yiphtaḥיִפְתָּחJephthahnot studied yet
- yehoramיְהוֹרָםJehoramnot studied yet
- ya'adיָעַדto fix something by agreement: to set a person, time, place, or task in advance, and so to come together at the arranged point
- yatsatיָצַתto set on fire: to kindle a blaze that consumes something
- yeshu'aיֵשׁוּעַJeshuanot studied yet
- yerekhahיַרְכָהthe farthest or innermost part of a bounded space: its back, its depths, or its remotest edge, measured from the normal way in
- yovelיוֹבֵלa ram, or the ram's-horn trumpet made from its horn and used to sound a long, carrying blast
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- the Jubilee: the fiftieth year, proclaimed by the ram's-horn blast, in which land returned to its families and slaves went free
- yare'aḥיָרֵחַthe moon: the light that rules the night sky
- yagaיָגֵעַto wear out with hard effort: to toil to the point of weariness, to grow weary, or to wear another out
- yasharיָשַׁרto be or go straight and level, and so to be right or pleasing; also to make a path straight, smooth, or direct
- yatedיָתֵדa peg, pin, or stake: a pointed length of wood or metal driven in to hold something fast or to hang something on
- yaveshיָבֵשׁJabesh (Gilead)not studied yet
- yotamיוֹתָםJothamnot studied yet
- ya'alיָעַלto be of use: to bring real benefit or advantage, to actually do someone good
- yitsharיִצְהָרfresh oil: the newly pressed olive oil of the harvest, counted among a land's staple produce with grain and new wine
- yoḥananיוֹחָנָןJohanannot studied yet
- yeho'aḥazיְהוֹאָחָזJehoahaznot studied yet
- yo'elיוֹאֵלJoelnot studied yet
- yoramיוֹרָםJoramnot studied yet
- yanahיָנָהto oppress or wrong someone weaker: to treat a person harshly and unjustly, especially one who has no power to resist
- yashenיָשֵׁןto sleep: to fall into and rest in full bodily sleep, the deep nightly rest as opposed to light dozing
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- to grow old: to become aged or stale through long standing, said of things kept a long time
- ya'alיָאַלto set the will on a course of action: to be willing, to consent, or to take something upon oneself
- yonahיוֹנָהJonah: the prophet Jonah son of Amittai, from Gath-hepher in the northern kingdom, the only person in the Hebrew Bible to carry this name, which is also the everyday Hebrew word for a dove
- yesodיְסוֹדfoundation: the lowest supporting part of a built thing, the base it rests on or rises from
- yophiיֳפִיbeauty: striking loveliness or splendor, whether the physical attractiveness of a person or the magnificence of a city, land, or tree.
- yavalיָבַלto lead, conduct, or carry someone or something to a destination, often in solemn or ceremonial procession
- yaḥasיָחַשׂto be enrolled by genealogy: to have one's line of descent formally recorded in an official family register.
- yedutunיְדוּתוּןJeduthunnot studied yet
- yeho'ashיְהוֹאָשׁJehoashnot studied yet
- yeqarיְקָרpreciousness: the worth of what is rare and costly, and the honor or splendor that such worth confers.
- yegi'aיְגִיעַhard, wearying labor, and by extension the earnings, produce, or property that such labor yields
- yephunnehיְפֻנֶּהJephunnehnot studied yet
- yatsagיָצַגto set something down in a chosen place: to put, station, or present it there deliberately
- yeqevיֶקֶבwinepress: the hewn installation for pressing grapes, and especially the lower vat that catches the juice
- yabbashahיַבָּשָׁהdry land: the solid, habitable ground that stands apart from the sea
- yagonיָגוֹןsorrow: the deep, inward grief of the heart, the lasting kind that quietly wears a person down
- yeḥi'elיְחִיאֵלJehielnot studied yet
- ye'i'elיְעִיאֵלJeielnot studied yet
- yerubba'alיְרֻבַּעַלJerubbaalnot studied yet
- yerushshahיְרֻשָּׁהa possession: land or property held as one's own, whether granted to a people to occupy or received by hereditary right
- yosherיֹשֶׁרstraightness, and so honesty: a motive with nothing bent in it, a life or road that runs direct rather than crooked, and what is simply right or owed
- yevulיְבוּלproduce: what the ground itself hands over, the crops a land yields, and in one place the goods a household has piled up.
- yizre'eliיִזְרְעֵאלִיJezreelitenot studied yet
- yalidיָלִידone born into a particular household or family line: a person identified by whose house or whose stock he was born to
- ya'azerיַעְזֵרJazernot studied yet
- yerimotיְרֵמוֹת, יְרִימוֹתJerimothnot studied yet
- yeshimonיְשִׁימוֹןa barren waste: empty, waterless country where nothing grows and no one lives
- yaḥidיָחִידonly, sole: the one and only of its kind, and so uniquely precious or utterly alone
- yeraḥיֶרַחa month: one turn of the moon, about thirty days (the rarer and older of Hebrew's two words for a month)
- yedayahיְדַעְיָהJedaiahnot studied yet
- yiddoniיִדְּעֹנִיa knowing one: a ghost consulted because it is thought to know hidden things, or the person who hosts it and speaks for it
- yehoḥananיְהוֹחָנָןJohanannot studied yet
- yo'aḥיוֹאָחJoahnot studied yet
- yozavadיוֹזָבָדJozacarnot studied yet
- yavanיָוָןGreecenot studied yet
- yephetיֶפֶתJapheth: one of Noah's three sons, and the forefather from whom the peoples of the north and west are traced.
- yaqatsיָקַץto wake up: to come out of sleep, a dream, or a drunken haze into full awareness
- yaqarיָקַרto be worth a great deal: to count as valuable, whether treasured by someone who will not give it up or expensive because the price is high
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- to make something scarce: to thin it out, or to hold it back so that it comes only rarely
- yoteretיֹתֶרֶתthe appendage of the liver: the projecting part removed with the fat and burned on the altar
- yaveshיָבֵשׁdry, dried out: no longer holding the moisture that once made something green, fresh, or alive, so that it is now brittle, shriveled, or dead
- yehoyakhinיְהוֹיָכִיןJehoiachinnot studied yet
- yatsarיָצַרto be too tight: of a space, too small for what must fit in it; of a person, squeezed into a corner and so hard pressed
- yeroḥamיְרֹחָםJerohamnot studied yet
- yitronיִתְרוֹןgain that is really left over: the surplus or edge that remains once the full cost of the effort has been counted
- yedidיָדִידbeloved: someone or something held dear, and above all the person or people God himself loves and keeps
- yahatsיַהַץהJahaznot studied yet
- yovavיוֹבָבJobabnot studied yet
- yoterיוֹתֵרthe extra: whatever is over and above what has already been counted, whether that surplus is a leftover, an edge held over someone else, or a step too far
- yeleqיֶלֶקa locust: one of the swarming, crop-stripping insects, sometimes taken to be the young, still wingless kind
- yaיָעshovelnot studied yet
- ye'ushיְעוּשׁJeushnot studied yet
- ya'aphיָעֵףto grow faint: to have one's strength give out, whether from hard effort, hunger, or a long pursuit
- yitsharיִצְהָרIzharnot studied yet
- yetserיֵצֶרsomething formed: a shaped object, or the human creature God shaped from dust
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- the bent of the heart: what a person forms inside, their settled disposition, plans, or intentions
- yaqadיָקַדto burn: of a fire that is alight and keeps on burning, rather than one that consumes what it touches
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- a hearth: a burning fire, or the place it burns, from which live coals can be scooped
- yashenיָשֵׁןasleep: describing someone who is in the state of sleep
- yeterיֶתֶרJethernot studied yet
- yitroיִתְרוֹJethronot studied yet
- ya'irיָאִירJairnot studied yet
- yavinיָבִיןJabinnot studied yet
- yagahיָגָהto cause someone grief: to lay sorrow on a person, or to be the one bowed under sorrow that someone else has laid on them
- yehonadavיְהוֹנָדָבJonadabnot studied yet
- yehotsadaqיְהוֹצָדָקJehozadaknot studied yet
- yaḥatיַחַתJahathnot studied yet
- yakhinיָכִיןJachinnot studied yet
- ya'anahיַעֲנָהa wild bird of the empty desert and the ruined city, traditionally identified as the ostrich
- yaphahיָפָהto be beautiful, or to make beautiful: to have a loveliness that draws the eye, or to put that loveliness on something else
- yapahיָפַעto break out into view in a blaze of light: to shine forth, to appear brilliantly
- yatsu'aיָצוּעַa bed: the bedding spread out for someone to lie on, a word used only in poetry and heightened speech
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- the low structure of rooms built out against the outside wall of Solomon's temple, or one of its stacked levels
- yaqaיָקַעto be wrenched out of place: a joint torn from its socket, or the inner self torn away from someone in revulsion
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- to impale or expose a body in a solemn public execution carried out before the LORD
- yaqoshיָקֹשׁto trap: to set a hidden snare for someone, or to be caught in one
- yeraḥme'elיְרַחְמְאֵלJerahmeelnot studied yet
- yishma'eliיִשְׁמְעֵאלִיIshmaelitenot studied yet
- yabboqיַבֹּקJabboknot studied yet
- yonadavיוֹנָדָבJonadabnot studied yet
- yekhonyahיְכוֹנְיָהJeconiahnot studied yet
- yeredיֶרֶדJared (spelled Jered in some English Bibles): a man's name meaning "descent", borne by two unrelated men, the better known being the father of Enoch in the line from Adam to Noah
- yarmutיַרְמוּתJarmuthnot studied yet
- yishshiyyahיִשִּׁיָּהוּIsshiahnot studied yet
- yashanיָשָׁןold: held over from an earlier time, whether last season's grain still in store or something that has stood for generations
- ya'ashיָאַשׁto despairnot studied yet
- yedi'a'elיְדִיעֲאֵלJediaelnot studied yet
- yehuditיְהוּדִיתJewishnot studied yet
- yoneqetיוֹנֶקֶתshootnot studied yet
- yaḥazi'elיַחֲזִיאֵלJahazielnot studied yet
- yaḥamיָחַםto come into heat: to be gripped by the drive to mate, and so to conceive
- yaminיָמִיןJaminnot studied yet
- ya'elיָעֵלJaelnot studied yet
- yoqtanיׇקְטָןJoktannot studied yet
- yereqיֶרֶקgreen growth: everything on the land that is alive and green, taken together as one class
- yeraqonיֵרָקוֹןmildewnot studied yet
- ya'azanyahיַאֲזַנְיָהוּJezaniahnot studied yet
- yevemetיְבֵמֶתsister-in-lawnot studied yet
- yagorיָגֹרto dread: to be gripped by fear of a specific, looming threat
- yoyadaיוֹיָדָעJoiadanot studied yet
- yoyarivיוֹיָרִיבJoiaribnot studied yet
- yotsadaqיוֹצָדָקJozadaknot studied yet
- yaḥephיָחֵףbarefootnot studied yet
- yillodיִלּוֹדbornnot studied yet