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Hebrew verb · H3259

יָעַד

yaadyaw-ad'

to appoint

29 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: yâʻad

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3259is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 13 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 27
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H3259

to fix upon (by agreement or appointment); by implication, to meet (at a stated time), to summon (to trial), to direct (in a certain quarter or position), to engage (for marriage)

The King James renders it: agree,(maxke an) appoint(-ment, a time), assemble (selves), betroth, gather (selves, together), meet (together), set (a time).

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

yaad is rendered "to appoint". It stands 29 times in the Hebrew text, across thirteen books.

  • Seven of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 21:8If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.
  • The Greek text spells it twenty-seven different ways.

The first use

If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.

Exodus 21:8יְעָדָ֖הּ

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in thirteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 26 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • I will meet3
  • will he summon me3
  • and I will meet2
  • and they will gather together2
  • set2
  • who were gathered2
  • and they gathered1
  • and they met by appointment1
  • he appointed it1
  • he designated her1
  • he had appointed for him1
  • he has appointed it1

and 9 more, 29 uses in all

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.

יָעַץyaatsto adviseUses79
יָעַףyaaphto faintUses9
יָעַזyaazbe fierceUses1
יָעַטyaatto coverUses1

All 29, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

27 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

  • אִוָּעֵ֥ד3
  • אִוָּעֵ֤ד1
  • הַנּוֹעָדִ֖ים1
  • הַנּוֹעָדִ֛ים1
  • הַנּוֹעָדִ֣ים1
  • הַנּוֹעָדִ֥ים1
  • הַנֹּעָדִ֖ים1
  • וַיִּוָּ֣עֲד֔וּ1
  • וַיִּוָּעֲד֣וּ1
  • וְנִֽוָּעֲדָ֥ה1
  • וְנֽוֹעֲד֤וּ1
  • וְנוֹעֲד֤וּ1

and 15 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • the definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine plural5HTd/VNrmpa
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular4HVNi1cs
  • verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular3HVhi3ms/Sp1bs
  • verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singular3HVqp3ms/Sp3fs
  • Hc/VNq1cs2Hc/VNq1cs
  • Hc/VNq3cp2Hc/VNq3cp
  • Hc/VNw3mp2Hc/VNw3mp
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common plural2HVNp3cp
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common plural1HC/VNc1cp
  • verb · causative passive (hophal), passive participle · feminine plural1HVHsfpa
  • verb · causative passive (hophal), passive participle · masculine plural1HVHsmpa
  • verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common plural1HVNi1cp

Exodus

seven uses
  • If she is displeasing in the eyes of her master who had designated her for himself, he must allow her to be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, since he has broken faith with her.

    Exodus 21:8

    • יְעָדָ֖הּyeadahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: he designated her
  • And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter.

    Exodus 21:9

    • יִֽיעָדֶ֑נָּהyiadenahverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: he will designate her
  • And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.

    Exodus 25:22

    • וְנוֹעַדְתִּ֣יvenoadtiHc/VNq1cstagged: and I will meet
  • For the generations to come, this burnt offering shall be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you.

    Exodus 29:42

    • אִוָּעֵ֤דʾivaedverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will meet
  • I will also meet with the Israelites there, and that place will be consecrated by My glory.

    Exodus 29:43

    • וְנֹעַדְתִּ֥יvenoadtiHc/VNq1cstagged: and I will meet
  • Place the altar in front of the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony—before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony—where I will meet with you.

    Exodus 30:6

    • אִוָּעֵ֥דʾivaedverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will meet
  • Grind some of it into fine powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.

    Exodus 30:36

    • אִוָּעֵ֥דʾivaedverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will meet

Numbers

six uses
  • When both are sounded, the whole congregation is to assemble before you at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

    Numbers 10:3

    • וְנֽוֹעֲד֤וּvenoaduHc/VNq3cptagged: and they will gather together
  • But if only one is sounded, then the leaders, the heads of the clans of Israel, are to gather before you.

    Numbers 10:4

    • וְנוֹעֲד֤וּvenoaduHc/VNq3cptagged: and they will gather together
  • I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will surely do these things to this entire wicked congregation, which has conspired against Me. They will meet their end in the wilderness, and there they will die.”

    Numbers 14:35

    • הַנּוֹעָדִ֖יםhanoadimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: which has gathered
  • Therefore, it is you and all your followers who have conspired against the LORD! As for Aaron, who is he that you should grumble against him?”

    Numbers 16:11

    • הַנֹּעָדִ֖יםhanoadimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: the have gathered
  • Place the staffs in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you.

    Numbers 17:4

    • אִוָּעֵ֥דʾivaedverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I meet
  • “Our father died in the wilderness, but he was not among the followers of Korah who gathered together against the LORD. Instead, he died because of his own sin, and he had no sons.

    Numbers 27:3

    • הַנּוֹעָדִ֛יםhanoadimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: which gathered

Joshua

one use
  • All these kings joined forces and encamped at the waters of Merom to fight against Israel.

    Joshua 11:5

    • וַיִּוָּ֣עֲד֔וּvaiyivaaduHc/VNw3mptagged: and they gathered

2 Samuel

one use
  • So Amasa went to summon Judah, but he took longer than the time allotted him.

    2 Samuel 20:5

    • יְעָדֽוֹ׃ סyeadoverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he had appointed for him

1 Kings

one use
  • There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

    1 Kings 8:5

    • הַנּוֹעָדִ֣יםhanoadimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who were gathered

2 Chronicles

one use
  • There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

    2 Chronicles 5:6

    • הַנּוֹעָדִ֥יםhanoadimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), participle · masculine pluraltagged: who were gathered

Nehemiah

two uses
  • Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.

    Nehemiah 6:2

    • וְנִֽוָּעֲדָ֥הvenivaadahconjunction (“and”) + verb · passive or reflexive (niphal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluraltagged: so let us meet
  • Later, I went to the house of Shemaiah son of Delaiah, the son of Mehetabel, who was confined to his house. He said: “Let us meet at the house of God inside the temple. Let us shut the temple doors because they are coming to kill you—by night they are coming to kill you!”

    Nehemiah 6:10

    • נִוָּעֵד֩nivaedverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common pluraltagged: let us meet

Job

two uses
  • Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.

    Job 2:11

    • וַיִּוָּעֲד֣וּvaiyivaaduHc/VNw3mptagged: and they met by appointment
  • If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?

    Job 9:19

    • יוֹעִידֵֽנִי׃yoideniverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: will he summon me

Psalms

one use
  • For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.

    Psalms 48:4

    • נֽוֹעֲד֑וּnoaduverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they assembled

Jeremiah

four uses
  • After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.

    Jeremiah 24:1

    • מוּעָדִ֕יםmuadimverb · causative passive (hophal), passive participle · masculine pluraltagged: set
  • How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”

    Jeremiah 47:7

    • יְעָדָֽהּ׃ סyeadahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: he has appointed it
  • Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

    Jeremiah 49:19

    • יֹעִידֶ֔נִּיyoideniverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: will he summon me
  • Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Babylon from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

    Jeremiah 50:44

    • יוֹעִדֶ֔נִּיyoideniverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: will he summon me

Ezekiel

one use
  • Slash to the right; set your blade to the left—wherever your blade is directed.

    Ezekiel 21:16

    • מֻעָדֽוֹת׃muadotverb · causative passive (hophal), passive participle · feminine pluraltagged: set

Amos

one use
  • Can two walk together without agreeing where to go?

    Amos 3:3

    • נוֹעָֽדוּ׃noaduverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they have met by appointment

Micah

one use
  • The voice of the LORD calls out to the city (and it is sound wisdom to fear Your name): “Heed the rod and the One who ordained it.

    Micah 6:9

    • יְעָדָֽהּ׃yeadahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: he appointed it

The letters

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 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.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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