† [
יָדָה] 
verb throw, cast (Arabic 
 exeruit, emisit
 exeruit, emisit, II. IV. 
emisit (all now in special senses); Ethiopic 
 throw, cast
 throw, cast on or in (very often; compare 

); where 
Hiph. give thanks, confess (originally 
acknowledge ?) is commonly derived, perhaps from gestures accompanying the act, see Thes Lag
Or. ii. 22, yet connection uncertain; Aramaic Pa. 
וַדֵּי, Aph. 
אוֺדִּי confess, 

, 
 id.
 id.; but Ethiopic 
 accuse
 accuse, perhaps also from gesture; Palmyrene 
מודא render thanks, often in votive inscriptions, see Vog on No. 79; 
עבד ומודא Vog
No. 101 = 
εὐχαρίστως ἀνέθηκε; 
מודן כל יום Vog
No. 93. 1; 
**Palmyrene 
ידתא pious, read 
ירתא נה) SAC
80 also Id
JQ 1904, 593. 
ידתא pious Vog
No. 29) — 
Qal Imperative יְדוּ אֶלֿ shoot (arrows) 
at Jeremiah 50:14 (read probably, with some Manuscripts 
יְרוּ). 
Pi. Imperfect וַיַּדּוּ בִּי Lamentations 3:53 and they cast (stones) 
on me; Infinitive יַדּוֺת Zechariah 2:4 to cast down (the horns of the nations). 
Hiph. (connection with 
ידה throw, obscure, yet see above) 
Perfect הוֺדוּ 1 Kings 8:33 + 
3 times; 
הוֺדִינוּ Psalm 75:2 (twice in verse); 
Imperfect יְהוֺדֶה Nehemiah 11:17 (on form see Ges
§ 53, R. 7); 
יוֺדֶה Psalm 6:6; 
1st person singular suffix 
אֲהוֺדֶנּוּ Psalm 28:7 (Ges
l.c.); 
אוֺדֶנּוּ Psalm 42:6; Psalm 42:12; 
Psalm 43:5; plural 
יוֺדוּ Psalm 99:3 + 
6 times; suffix 
יְהוֺדוּךָ Psalm 45:18 (Ges
l.c.); 
יוֺדֻךָ Psalm 49:19, etc. + 
41 times Imperfect; 
Imperative הוֺדוּ Isaiah 12:4 + 
16 times; 
הֹדוּ Psalm 107:1; 
Infinitive הוֺדוֺת 1 Chronicles 25:3 + 
11 times; 
הוֺדֹת Ezra 3:11; 
הֹדוֺת 1 Chronicles 16:7 + 
4 times (see. Baer 
Psalm 92:2); 
Participle מוֺדֶה Proverbs 28:13; plural 
מוֺדִים 1 Chronicles 29:13; — 
    1. give thanks, laud, praise;
    a. with accusative
    2. confess,
    b. עֲלֵי פשׁע Psalm 32:5 (|| 
לֹא כִסִּיתִי); 
(פשׁעיו) מוֺדֶה וְעֹזֵב Proverbs 28:13 confessing and forsaking (his transgressions; opposed to 
מְכַסֶּה).
 
Hithp. Perfect הִתְוַדָּה Leviticus 5:5; 
Leviticus 16:21; 
הִתְוַדּוּ Leviticus 26:40; 
Numbers 5:7; 
Imperfect 1st person singular אֶתְוַדֶּה Daniel 9:4; plural 
יִתְוַדּוּ Nehemiah 9:2; 
Infinitive suffix 
הִתְוַדֹּתוֺ Ezra 10:1; 
Participle מִתְוַדֶּה Nehemiah 1:6; 
Daniel 9:20; plural 
מִתְוַדִּים 2 Chronicles 30:22; 
Nehemiah 9:3; — 
See related Aramaic BDB entry 
H3029.
														
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