יָחִיל

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3175

waiting — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

waiting tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָחִיל: adj.verb. waiting tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj.verb. waiting, so Thes SS Buhl, but very dub.,—only טוֹב וְיָחִיל וְדוּמָם לְ La 3:26 good is it that one be waiting and that silently (but v. דוּמָם) for the salvation of י׳; construct. with ו and adj. hardly poss.; Ew Ke Löhr Köii. 407 al. regard as vb. (from חול); read perhaps וְיֹחִיל Hiph. Impf. from יחל (cf. v 24).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (13 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: waiting (1).

In the verses

Lamentations 3:26 · tree →

ט֤וֹב וְיָחִיל֙ וְדוּמָ֔ם לִתְשׁוּעַ֖ת יְהוָֽה׃

Word for word: [is].good and waiting and silence for the.salvation of.Yahweh

JPS 1917: It is good that a man should quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

On Mova

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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