H2974 · יָאַל
yâʼal · yaw-al' · content, please
H2974 (yâʼal, pronounced yaw-al') is the Hebrew word יָאַל in Strong’s dictionary: properly, to yield, especially assent. It appears 19 times in 19 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- יָאַל (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- yâʼal
- Pronunciation
- yaw-al'
- Derivation
- a primitive root (probably rather the same as H2973 (יָאַל) through the idea of mental weakness);
- Definition
- properly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) to undertake as an act of volition
- Rendered in the KJV
- assay, begin, be content, please, take upon, [idiom] willingly, would.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
19 occurrences in 19 verses (18 with English words of their own, 1 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “were determined” ×3
- “I have ventured” ×2
- “Please” ×1
- “You have been pleased” ×1
- “agree” ×1
- “agreed” ×1
- “and agreed” ×1
- “and tried” ×1
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