Hebrew verb · H2974
יָאַל
yaalyaw-al'
be willing
19 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: yâʼal
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2974is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 39Old Testament books
- 15spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2974
properly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition
The King James renders it: assay, begin, be content, please, take upon, [idiom] willingly, would.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
yaal is rendered "be willing". It stands 19 times in the Hebrew text, across eleven books.
- Four of the uses stand in Judges, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 18:27Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
- The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.
The first use
Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
Genesis 18:27הוֹאַ֙לְתִּי֙
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- be willing5
- and he was willing2
- and it was determined2
- he was determined2
- I have undertaken2
- and he fell short1
- and he was determined1
- and may he be willing1
- he undertook1
- we had been willing1
- you have determined1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 19, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
15 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- הוֹאִ֣יל2
- הוֹאַ֙לְתִּי֙2
- וַיּ֥וֹאֶל2
- וַיּ֙וֹאֶל֙2
- הוֹאִ֔יל1
- הוֹאִ֣ילוּ1
- הוֹאֵל֙1
- הוֹאֵ֖ל1
- ה֥וֹאֶל1
- הֽוֹאֶל־1
- הוֹאַ֣לְנוּ1
- הוֹאַ֙לְתָּ֙1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- Hc/Vhw3ms5Hc/Vhw3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singular4HVhv2ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVhp3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular2HVhp1cs
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Vhj3ms
- Hc/Vqw3ms1Hc/Vqw3ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common plural1HVhp1cp
- verb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singular1HVhp2ms
- verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine plural1HVhv2mp
Genesis
two uses
Then Abraham answered, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord—though I am but dust and ashes—
- הוֹאַ֙לְתִּי֙hoaltiverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have undertaken
And Abraham said, “Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there?” He answered, “On account of the twenty, I will not destroy it.”
- הוֹאַ֙לְתִּי֙hoaltiverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I have undertaken
Exodus
one use
Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.
- וַיּ֥וֹאֶלvaiyoelHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he was willing
Deuteronomy
one use
On the east side of the Jordan in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this law, saying:
- הוֹאִ֣ילhoilverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he undertook
Joshua
two uses
“O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!
- הוֹאַ֣לְנוּhoalnuverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: we had been willing
But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities, because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.
- וַיּ֙וֹאֶל֙vaiyoelHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he was determined
Judges
four uses
At that time Manasseh failed to drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean, Taanach, Dor, Ibleam, Megiddo, and their villages; for the Canaanites were determined to dwell in that land.
- וַיּ֙וֹאֶל֙vaiyoelHc/Vhw3mstagged: and it was determined
And the Amorites were determined to dwell in Mount Heres, Aijalon, and Shaalbim. But when the house of Joseph grew in strength, they pressed the Amorites into forced labor.
- וַיּ֤וֹאֶלvaiyoelHc/Vhw3mstagged: and it was determined
and agreed to stay with him, and the young man became like a son to Micah.
- וַיּ֥וֹאֶלvaiyoelHc/Vhw3mstagged: and he was willing
So they sat down and the two of them ate and drank together. Then the girl’s father said to the man, “Please agree to stay overnight and let your heart be merry.”
- הֽוֹאֶל־hoel-verb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: be willing
1 Samuel
two uses
Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
- הוֹאִ֣ילhoilverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was determined
David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.
- וַיֹּ֣אֶלvaiyoelHc/Vqw3mstagged: and he fell short
2 Samuel
one use
Now therefore, may it please You to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken, and with Your blessing the house of Your servant will be blessed forever.”
- הוֹאֵל֙hoelverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: be willing
2 Kings
two uses
But Naaman insisted, “Please, take two talents.” And he urged Gehazi to accept them. Then he tied up two talents of silver in two bags along with two sets of clothing and gave them to two of his servants, who carried them ahead of Gehazi.
- הוֹאֵ֖לhoelverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: be willing
Then one of them said, “Please come with your servants.” “I will come,” he replied.
- ה֥וֹאֶלhoelverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: be willing
1 Chronicles
one use
So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”
- הוֹאַ֙לְתָּ֙hoaltaverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you have determined
Job
two uses
that God would be willing to crush me, to unleash His hand and cut me off!
- וְיֹאֵ֣לveyoelconjunction (“and”) + verb · causative (hiphil), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and may he be willing
But now, please look at me. Would I lie to your face?
- הוֹאִ֣ילוּhoiluverb · causative (hiphil), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: be willing
Hosea
one use
Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.
- הוֹאִ֔ילhoilverb · causative (hiphil), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he was determined
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.