יָאַל yaal

Hebrew word for “be willing” · Strong’s H2974 · used 19 times in 19 verses

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Meaning

1) to begin, make a beginning, show willingness, undertake to do, be pleased, be determined;

How it is translated

Glosses given for yaal in context, with how often each is used:

• willing 7
• determined 5
• have undertaken 2
• undertook 1
• had been willing 1
• fell short 1
• have determined 1
• may he be willing 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 18 (2), Judges 1 (2), Job 6 (2), Exodus 2 (1), Deuteronomy 1 (1), Joshua 7 (1), Joshua 17 (1), Judges 17 (1), Judges 19 (1), 1 Samuel 12 (1)

Forms

• ויואל 5
• הואל 4
• הואיל 3
• הואלתי 2
• ויאל 2
• הואלנו 1
• הואלת 1
• הואילו 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with yaal more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 7
• נָא na “please” 4
• אֲדֹנָי adonai “Lord” 4
• עָבוּר avur “for the sake of” 2
• עַתָּה attah “now” 3
• כְּנַעֲנִי kenaani “Canaanite” 2
• עֵבֶר ever “side” 2
• אֱמֹרִי emori “Amorite” 2
• זֹאת zot “this” 3
• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 3
• מְנַשֶּׁה menashsheh “Manasseh” 2
• אֵת et “with” 3

Key verses

The verses using yaal that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 18:27 — And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
• Genesis 18:31 — And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for…
• Exodus 2:21 — And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
• Joshua 7:7 — And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us?…
• Joshua 17:12 — Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
• Judges 1:27 — Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the…
• Judges 19:6 — And they sat down, and did eat and drink both of them together: for the damsel’s father had said unto the man, Be content, I pray thee, and tarry all night,…
• 1 Samuel 12:22 — For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the LORD to make you his people.
• 2 Kings 5:23 — And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon…
• 1 Chronicles 17:27 — Now therefore let it please thee to bless the house of thy servant, that it may be before thee for ever: for thou blessest, O LORD, and it shall be blessed for…
• Job 6:9 — Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
• Hosea 5:11 — Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.