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Lexicon :: Strong's H3498 - yāṯar

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יָתַר
Transliteration
yāṯar
Pronunciation
yaw-thar'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 936

Strong’s Definitions

יָתַר yâthar, yaw-thar'; a primitive root; to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve:—excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, -nant), reserve, residue, rest.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 107x

The KJV translates Strong's H3498 in the following manner: leave (52x), remain (23x), rest (12x), remainder (4x), remnant (4x), reserved (3x), residue (3x), plenteous (2x), behind (1x), excel (1x), much (1x), preserve (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 107x
The KJV translates Strong's H3498 in the following manner: leave (52x), remain (23x), rest (12x), remainder (4x), remnant (4x), reserved (3x), residue (3x), plenteous (2x), behind (1x), excel (1x), much (1x), preserve (1x).

  1. to be left over, remain, remain over, leave

    1. (Qal) remainder (participle)

    2. (Niphal) to be left over, remain over, be left behind

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to leave over, leave

      2. to save over, preserve alive

      3. to excel, show pre-eminence

      4. to show excess, have more than enough, have an excess

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָתַר yâthar, yaw-thar'; a primitive root; to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve:—excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, -nant), reserve, residue, rest.
STRONGS H3498: Abbreviations
[יָתַר] 107 verb remain over (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יְתַר, bdb045101 id.; Zinjirli יתר noun rest, remainder; Ethiopic bdb045102 Assyrian [atâru], remain over, in derived conjugation, DlHWB; in Sabean ותר CISiv, 15, 46, p. 77; especially noun ותר as epithet of king = noble one, and as proper name ותרם MordtZMG, 1876, 37, 292 DHMZMG, 1883, 15 CISiv, 10; Arabic bdb045103 is make single make to be one, or an odd number) —
† Qal Participle הַיּוֺתֵר 1 Samuel 15:15 the remainder†.
Niph. be left over, remain over; Perfect נוֺתַר Exodus 10:15 + 8 times, etc.; Imperfect יִוָּתֵר 2 Kings 20:17 + 2 times; יִוָּתֶ֥ר בָּ֑הּ Zechariah 13:8; וַיִּוָּתֵר Genesis 32:25 + 2 times; וָאִוָּתֵר 1 Kings 19:10, 14, etc.; Participle נוֺתָר 1 Samuel 2:26 + 17 times, נֹתָר Exodus 12:10; feminine singular נוֺתֶ֫רֶת Leviticus 2:3 + 3 times; masculine plural נוֺתָרִים Judges 8:10 + 24 times, etc.; — be left over, remain (over), absolute Exodus 10:15 (J), Joshua 11:11, 22 (D), Judges 9:5; Isaiah 1:8; Isaiah 30:17; 1 Kings 18:22; 2 Kings 20:17 = Isaiah 39:6; followed by לְבַדּוֺ be left alone Genesis 32:25 (J), so 1 Kings 19:10, 1 Kings 19:14; followed by מִן be left from (= of) 2 Samuel 13:30; Exodus 29:34; Numbers 26:65 (both P), Psalm 106:11; participle followed by מִן Judges 8:10 + 10 times P, 1 Kings 9:20 2 Chronicles 8:7; Zechariah 14:16; 1 Chronicles 6:46; followed by לְ, be left (surviving) to, 1 Samuel 25:34; 2 Samuel 9:1, of those belonging to Genesis 44:20 (J; לְבַדּוֺ לְאִמּוֺ); followed by בְּ be left in (= of) 2 Samuel 17:12; Joshua 18:2 (JE), also participle Leviticus 8:32; Leviticus 14:18 (P), Ezekiel 48:15 (twice in verse); often followed by בְּ local Amos 6:9 + 11 times; followed by בֵּית in the house of Jeremiah 27:21; followed by עלפֿני הארץ Ezekiel 39:14 (participle); followed by אַחֲרֵי = be left behind (of sons) 1 Kings 9:21 2 Chronicles 8:8; followed by שָׁם + אֵצֶל Daniel 10:13 I was left over there beside the kings (i.e. I had nothing more to do; compare VB); elsewhere participle absolute, as adjective Genesis 30:36 (J), Joshua 17:2, 6 (JE), Leviticus 10:12, 16; Leviticus 27:18; Joshua 21:5, 26, 34 (all P), Jeremiah 34:7; 1 Chronicles 6:55; 1 Chronicles 6:62; 1 Chronicles 22:20; as substantive Judges 21:7, 16; 1 Samuel 30:9; Exodus 28:10; Exodus 29:34; Leviticus 19:6 (all P), 1 Kings 20:30 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 4:7; Ezekiel 34:18; Ezekiel 48:21; 2 Chronicles 31:10.
† Hiph. Perfect הוֺתִיר Exodus 10:15; Isaiah 1:9, etc.; Imperfect יוֺתִיר Deuteronomy 28:54; jussive יוֺתֵר Exodus 16:19; וַיּוֺתֵר 2 Samuel 8:4; 2 Chronicles 18:4; 3rd person feminine singular וַתֹּתַ֫ר Ruth 2:14; 2nd person masculine singular jussive תּוֺתַר Genesis 49:4; 1st person singular אוֺתִיר Ezekiel 39:28; 3rd person masculine plural וַיּוֺתִרוּ Exodus 16:20; 2 Kings 4:44; 2nd person masculine plural תּוֺתִירוּ Exodus 12:10 + 2 times; Imperative הוֺתֵר Psalm 79:11; Infinitive absolute הוֺתֵד 2 Kings 4:43 + 2 times; construct הוֺתִיר Jeremiah 44:7; —
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a. leave over, leave Exodus 10:15 (J), Ruth 2:14 (object omitted), Ruth 2:18; 2 Kings 4:43 (אָכוֺל וְהוֺתֵר, see below), 2 Kings 4:44 (object om. in both), 2 Chronicles 31:10; יֶתֶר בָּנָיו אֲשֶׁר יוֺתִיר Deuteronomy 28:54; followed by object שָׂרִיד + ל person Isaiah 1:9; object שְׁאֵרִית + ל person Jeremiah 44:7; followed by מִן from (= of), 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4; Numbers 33:55 (P), Ezekiel 12:16; + עַד temporal Exodus 12:10; Exodus 16:19, 20 (all P), Leviticus 22:30 (H); + שָׁם location Ezekiel 39:28.
b. absolute leave a remnant Ezekiel 6:8 (denominative from יֶתֶר ?).
c. save over, i.e. preserve alive Psalm 79:11.
2. excel, shew pre-eminence Genesis 49:4 (poem in J).
3. shew excess = have more than enough Exodus 36:7 (P; see also 2 Kings 4:43; 2 Chronicles 31:10 above); make abundant Deuteronomy 28:11; Deuteronomy 30:9 (followed by suffix person + ב of thing).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3493.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

30:36; 32:25; 32:25; 44:20; 49:4; 49:4

Exodus

10:15; 10:15; 10:15; 10:15; 12:10; 12:10; 12:10; 16:19; 16:19; 16:20; 16:20; 28:10; 29:34; 29:34; 36:7

Leviticus

2:3; 8:32; 10:12; 10:16; 14:18; 19:6; 22:30; 27:18

Numbers

26:65; 33:55

Deuteronomy

28:11; 28:54; 28:54; 30:9

Joshua

11:11; 11:22; 17:2; 17:6; 18:2; 21:5; 21:26; 21:34

Judges

8:10; 8:10; 9:5; 21:7; 21:16

Ruth

2:14; 2:14; 2:18

1 Samuel

2:26; 15:15; 25:34; 30:9

2 Samuel

8:4; 8:4; 9:1; 13:30; 17:12

1 Kings

9:20; 9:21; 18:22; 19:10; 19:10; 19:14; 19:14; 20:30

2 Kings

4:7; 4:43; 4:43; 4:43; 4:44; 4:44; 20:17; 20:17

1 Chronicles

6:46; 6:55; 6:62; 18:4

2 Chronicles

8:7; 8:8; 18:4; 31:10; 31:10; 31:10

Psalms

79:11; 79:11; 106:11

Isaiah

1:8; 1:9; 1:9; 30:17; 39:6

Jeremiah

27:21; 34:7; 44:7; 44:7

Ezekiel

6:8; 12:16; 34:18; 39:14; 39:28; 39:28; 48:15; 48:21

Daniel

10:13

Amos

6:9

Zechariah

13:8; 14:16

H3498

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Strong's Number H3498 matches the Hebrew יָתַר (yāṯar),
which occurs 107 times in 101 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 30:36–2Sa 8:4)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:36 - Then he put three days’ journey between himself and Jacob, and Jacob fed the rest of Laban’s flocks.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:24 - Then Jacob was left alone; and a Man wrestled with him until the breaking of day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - “And we said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, who is young; his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:4 - Unstable as water, you shall not excel,
Because you went up to your father’s bed;
Then you defiled it—
He went up to my couch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:15 - For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they ate every herb of the land and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left. So there remained nothing green on the trees or on the plants of the field throughout all the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:10 - ‘You shall let none of it remain until morning, and what remains of it until morning you shall burn with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:19 - And Moses said, “Let no one leave any of it till morning.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:20 - Notwithstanding they did not heed Moses. But some of them left part of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank. And Moses was angry with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:10 - “six of their names on one stone and six names on the other stone, in order of their birth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:34 - “And if any of the flesh of the consecration offerings, or of the bread, remains until the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:7 - for the material they had was sufficient for all the work to be done—indeed too much.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:3 - ‘The rest of the grain offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’. It is most holy of the offerings to the LORD made by fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 2:10 - ‘And what is left of the grain offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’. It is most holy of the offerings to the LORD made by fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:16 - ‘And the remainder of it Aaron and his sons shall eat; with unleavened bread it shall be eaten in a holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of meeting they shall eat it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:16 - ‘But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offers his sacrifice; but on the next day the remainder of it also may be eaten;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:17 - ‘the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day must be burned with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 8:32 - “What remains of the flesh and of the bread you shall burn with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:12 - And Moses spoke to Aaron, and to Eleazar and Ithamar, his sons who were left: “Take the grain offering that remains of the offerings made by fire to the LORD, and eat it without leaven beside the altar; for it is most holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 10:16 - Then Moses made careful inquiry about the goat of the sin offering, and there it was—burned up. And he was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:18 - “The rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed. So the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 14:29 - “The rest of the oil that is in the priest’s hand he shall put on the head of him who is to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:6 - ‘It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the next day. And if any remains until the third day, it shall be burned in the fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 22:30 - “On the same day it shall be eaten; you shall leave none of it until morning: I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 27:18 - ‘But if he dedicates his field after the Jubilee, then the priest shall reckon to him the money due according to the years that remain till the Year of Jubilee, and it shall be deducted from your valuation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:65 - For the LORD had said of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” So there was not left a man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:55 - ‘But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then it shall be that those whom you let remain shall be irritants in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land where you dwell.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:11 - “And the LORD will grant you plenty of goods, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your ground, in the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:54 - “The sensitive and very refined man among you will be hostile toward his brother, toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the rest of his children whom he leaves behind,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:9 - “The LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good. For the LORD will again rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:11 - And they struck all the people who were in it with the edge of the sword, utterly destroying them. There was none left breathing. Then he burned Hazor with fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:22 - None of the Anakim were left in the land of the children of Israel; they remained only in Gaza, in Gath, and in Ashdod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:2 - And there was a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh according to their families: for the children of Abiezer,[fn] the children of Helek, the children of Asriel, the children of Shechem, the children of Hepher, and the children of Shemida; these were the male children of Manasseh the son of Joseph according to their families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:6 - because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons; and the rest of Manasseh’s sons had the land of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:2 - But there remained among the children of Israel seven tribes which had not yet received their inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:5 - The rest of the children of Kohath had ten cities by lot from the families of the tribe of Ephraim, from the tribe of Dan, and from the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:20 - And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites, the rest of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot from the tribe of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:26 - All the ten cities with their common-lands were for the rest of the families of the children of Kohath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:34 - And to the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, from the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with its common-land, Kartah with its common-land,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:40 - So all the cities for the children of Merari according to their families, the rest of the families of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:10 - Now Zebah and Zalmunna were at Karkor, and their armies with them, about fifteen thousand, all who were left of all the army of the people of the East; for one hundred and twenty thousand men who drew the sword had fallen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5 - Then he went to his father’s house at Ophrah and killed his brothers, the seventy sons of Jerubbaal, on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, because he hid himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:7 - “What shall we do for wives for those who remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD that we will not give them our daughters as wives?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:16 - Then the elders of the congregation said, “What shall we do for wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:14 - Now Boaz said to her at mealtime, “Come here, and eat of the bread, and dip your piece of bread in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers, and he passed parched grain to her; and she ate and was satisfied, and kept some back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:18 - Then she took it up and went into the city, and her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. So she brought out and gave to her what she had kept back after she had been satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:36 - ‘And it shall come to pass that everyone who is left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread, and say, “Please, put me in one of the priestly positions, that I may eat a piece of bread.” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 15:15 - And Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and the oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:34 - “For indeed, as the LORD God of Israel lives, who has kept me back from hurting you, unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely by morning light no males would have been left to Nabal!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:9 - So David went, he and the six hundred men who were with him, and came to the Brook Besor, where those stayed who were left behind.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:4 - David took from him one thousand chariots, seven hundred[fn] horsemen, and twenty thousand foot soldiers. Also David hamstrung all the chariot horses, except that he spared enough of them for one hundred chariots.

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