Yadah is the third person singular
qal form of the
Hebrew language
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verbal root ''ydh''. Depending on its
conjugation
Conjugation or conjugate may refer to:
Linguistics
* Grammatical conjugation, the modification of a verb from its basic form
* Emotive conjugation or Russell's conjugation, the use of loaded language
Mathematics
* Complex conjugation, the chang ...
, it carries a range of meanings involving throwing or praising.
*In the
qal form, it describes the "shooting" of arrows in
Jeremiah 50:14.
*The ''piel'' form means "throwing" (as in throwing stones at a person, in
Lamentations 3:53) or "casting down" ("the horns of the nations," in
Zechariah 2:4).
*In the ''
hiphil
In Hebrew, verbs, which take the form of derived stems, are conjugated to reflect their tense and mood, as well as to agree with their subjects in gender, number, and person. Each verb has an inherent voice, though a verb in one voice typic ...
'' form, it normally means "praising" (usually in the context of
ritual worship) and occasionally for confessing one's sins.
*The ''hitpael'' form has a similar range of meanings, but the word most often means "confession" and less commonly "praise".
References
Hebrew words and phrases
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