The meaning of “יָתַר”
Understanding yâthar reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, -nant), reserve,...
יָתַר
excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, -nant), reserve, residue, rest. - to jut over or exceed - by implication, to excel - (intransitively) to remain or be left - causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve 1) to be left over, remain, remain over, leave 1a) (Qal) remainder (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be left over, remain over, be left behind 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to leave over, leave 1c2) to save over, preserve alive 1c3) to excel, show pre-eminence 1c4) to show excess, have more than enough, have an excess
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 44:20 | “And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.” Word: יָתַר (yâthar) | |
| Deuteronomy 28:54 | “So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:” Word: יָתַר (yâthar) | |
| 1 Samuel 25:34 | “For in very deed, as the Lord God of Israel liveth, which hath kept me back from hurting thee, except thou hadst hasted and come to meet me, surely there had not been left unto Nabal by the morning light any that pisseth against the wall.” Word: יָתַר (yâthar) | |
| 1 Chronicles 6:77 | “Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:” Word: יָתַר (yâthar) | |
| Proverbs 2:21 | “For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.” Word: יָתַר (yâthar) |
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