יָעָה
yâʻâh · H3261 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to sweep away
Causative action by which one inanimate object strikes against another object with strength so that the latter object will be moved from its place and destroyed
ExamplesIsaiah 28:17 “I will make justice the measuring line And righteousness the level; Then hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters will overflow the secret place.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בָּרָדhail 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מַחֲסֶהrefuge, shelter 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- סָפָה çâphâh · H5595 · to be captured, to be swept away
- סָפָה shares the core sense of sweeping away or removing completely, often used in contexts of divine judgment or destruction, functionally interchangeable with יָעָה in the sense of complete removal.
- טוּא ṭûwʼ · H2894 · to sweep
- טָאטֵא is a more common Hebrew verb for sweeping (as in Isaiah 14:23), a near-synonym that could substitute for יָעָה in contexts of sweeping clean or clearing away.
Contrasting words 1 word
- קָבַץ qâbats · H6908 · to come together, to gather, to assemble
- קָבַץ means to gather or assemble, the opposite action of sweeping away or dispersing, representing accumulation rather than removal.
In the other Testament 1 word
- σαρόω saróō · G4563 · to sweep
- σαρόω is the standard Greek verb for sweeping, a direct translation equivalent for the Hebrew יָעָה in contexts of sweeping or clearing away debris.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Non-Exist002002002006
- יָעָה means to sweep away entirely, as the coming hail is pictured sweeping away the false refuge of lies (Isaiah 28:17).
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H3261. yaah יָעָה verb sweep together (with collateral idea of carrying away) (Arabic is…
יָעָה verb sweep together (with collateral idea of carrying away) (Arabic is collect, gather) —
Qal Perfect וְיָעָה consecutive Isa 28:17 subject בָּרָד with accusative (ב ׳ויעה כָזָב מַחְסֵה). **Compare also Arabic vessel Gen 42:25 Saad, compare BaldenspergerPEF 1904, 53, who compares Modern Arabic wa±â ().
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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