Lexical Definition

‎יָדָה‎ yâdâh (yaw-daw') to give thanks ^H:V
a primitive root; used only as denominative from ‎יָד‎; literally, to use (i.e. hold out) the hand

cast (out), (make) confess(-ion), praise, shoot, (give) thank(-ful, -s, -sgiving).

• physically, to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away
• especially to revere or worship (with extended hands)
• intensively, to bemoan (by wringing the hands)

1) to throw, shoot, cast
1a) (Qal) to shoot (arrows)
1b) (Piel) to cast, cast down, throw down
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to give thanks, laud, praise
1c2) to confess, confess (the name of God)
1d) (Hithpael)
1d1) to confess (sin)
1d2) to give thanks

See Greek: αἴνεσις · αἰνέω · ἀνθομολογέομαι · ἐξηγέομαι · ἐξομολογέω · ἐπιτίθημι · εὐλογέω · ὁμολογέω · προσαγορεύω · ὑμνέω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ye.da (‎י‎ְ‎ד‎ָ‎א‎ "to praise" יְדָא)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎יָדָה‎] verb throw, cast (Arabic exeruit, emisit, II. IV. emisit (all now in special senses); Ethiopic throw, cast on or in (very often; compare ); where Hiph`il give thanks, confess (originally acknowledge ?) is commonly derived, perhaps from gestures accompanying the act, see Thes Lag<sup>Or. ii. 22</sup>, yet connection uncertain; Aramaic Pa`el ‎וַדֵּי‎, Aph`el ‎אוֺדִּי‎ confess, , id.; but Ethiopic 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) SAC⁸⁰ also Id^{JQ 1904, 593}. ‎ידתא‎ pious Vog^{No. 29}) —

Qal Imperative ‎יְדוּ אֶלֿ‎ shoot (arrows) at Jer 50:14 (read probably, with some Manuscripts ‎יְרוּ‎). Pi`el Imperfect ‎וַיַּדּוּ בִּי‎ Lam 3:53 and they cast (stones) on me; Infinitive ‎יַדּוֺת‎ Zech 2:4* to cast down (the horns of the nations).

Hiph`il (connection with ‎ידה‎ throw, obscure, yet see above) Perfect ‎הוֺדוּ‎ 1Kgs 8:33 + 3 t.; ‎הוֺדִינוּ‎ Ps 75:2* (twice in verse); Imperfect ‎יְהוֺדֶה‎ Neh 11:17 (on form see Ges^{«GKC:53»§ 53}, R. 7); ‎יוֺדֶה‎ Ps 6:6* 1 singular suffix ‎אֲהוֺדֶנּוּ‎ Ps 28:7 (Ges^l.c.); ‎אוֺדֶנּוּ‎ Ps 42:6*; Ps 42:12*; Ps 43:5 plural ‎יוֺדוּ‎ Ps 99:3 + 6 t.; suffix ‎יְהוֺדוּךָ‎ Ps 45:18* (Ges^l.c.); ‎יוֺדֻךָ‎ Ps 49:19*, etc. + 41 t. Imperfect; Imperative ‎הוֺדוּ‎ Isa 12:4 + 16 t.; ‎הֹדוּ‎ Ps 107:1 Infinitive ‎הוֺדוֺת‎ 1Chr 25:3 + 11 t.; ‎הוֺדֹת‎ Ezra 3:11 ‎הֹדוֺת‎ 1Chr 16:7 + 4 t. (see. Baer Ps 92:2*); Participle ‎מוֺדֶה‎ Prov 28:13 plural ‎מוֺדִים‎ 1Chr 29:13 —

1. give thanks, laud, praise;
a. with accusative (1) of men, Judah Gen 49:8 (poetic play on name); Job (ironical) Job 40:14 the king Ps 45:18* the rich Ps 49:19* (2) of ‎׳‎‎י‎, Gen 29:35 (J explanation name ‎יהודה‎); elsewhere (mostly Psalms and Chronicles) of ritual worship (see Lag^{Or. ii. 22 f.}); object ‎׳‎‎שֵׁם בי‎ Isa 25:1; Ps 44:9*; Ps 54:8*; Ps 99:3; Ps 138:2; Ps 142:8* ‎׳‎‎פֶּלֶא י‎ Ps 89:6* ‎יהוה‎ Ps 7:18*; Ps 9:2*; Ps 109:30; Ps 111:1 ‎יָהּ‎ Ps 118:10 suffix ‎ךָ‎- referring to God Ps 30:10*; Ps 30:13*; Ps 35:18; Ps 43:4; Ps 52:11*; Ps 67:4* (twice in verse); Ps 67:6* (twice in verse); Ps 71:22; Ps 76:11*; Ps 88:11*; Ps 118:21; Ps 118:28; Ps 119:7; Ps 138:1; Ps 139:14; Isa 38:18; Isa 38:19 (song of Hezekiah); — ‎נֶּ֯וּ‎ Ps 42:6*; Ps 42:12*; Ps 43:5 ‎מִשִּׁירִי אֲהוֺדֶנּוּ‎ Ps 28:7 with my song will I praise him; ‎׳‎‎אוֺדְךָ י‎ I will praise thee ‎׳‎‎י‎ 2Sam 22:50 = Ps 18:50* = Ps 108:4*, Isa 12:1 (exilic hymn); ‎אדני‎ Ps 57:10*; Ps 86:12, compare Ps 138:4; Ps 145:10.
b. followed by ‎לְ‎ only of the ritual worship: ‎׳‎‎לְשֵׁם י‎ Ps 106:47 = 1Chr 16:35; Ps 122:4; Ps 140:14* ‎לְזֵכֶר קָדְשׁוֺ‎ Ps 30:5*; Ps 97:12 ‎׳‎‎לי‎ 1Chr 16:4; 1Chr 16:7; 1Chr 16:41; 1Chr 23:30; 1Chr 25:3; 2Chr 5:13; 2Chr 7:6; 2Chr 20:22; Ps 33:2; Ps 92:2*; Ps 105:1 = 1Chr 16:8 = Isa 12:4 ‎כי טוב‎ ‎׳‎‎הודו לי‎ give thanks to ‎׳‎‎י‎ for he is good Ps 106:1; Ps 107:1; Ps 118:1; Ps 118:29; Ps 136:1; 1Chr 16:34 so Jer 33:11 (followed by ‎׳‎‎אֶתיֿ‎); compare ‎הוד(ו)ת‎ 2Chr 7:3; Ezra 3:11 ‎חסדו‎ ‎׳‎‎יודו לי‎ Ps 107:8; Ps 107:15; Ps 107:21; Ps 107:31 ‎לאלהים‎ Neh 12:46; Ps 136:1 ‎לאדני‎ vPs 136:3 ‎לאל‎ vPs 136:26 suffixes referring to God: ‎לְךָ‎ Ps 6:6*; Ps 79:13; Ps 119:62 ‎לוֺ‎ Ps 100:4 ‎לך‎ + ‎אלהים‎ Ps 75:2* (twice in verse); 1Chr 29:13 absolute 2Chr 31:2; Neh 11:17; Neh 12:24 all of the ritual worship.

2. confess,
a. the name of God, || ‎שׁוּב‎, ‎התחנן‎, ‎התפלל‎, 1Kgs 8:33; 1Kgs 8:35 = 2Chr 6:24; 2Chr 6:26.
b. ‎עֲלֵי פשׁע‎ Ps 32:5 (|| ‎לֹא כִסִּיתִי‎); ‎(פשׁעיו) מוֺדֶה וְעֹזֵב‎ Prov 28:13 confessing and forsaking (his transgressions; opposed to ‎מְכַסֶּה‎).

Hithpa`el Perfect ‎הִתְוַדָּה‎ Lev 5:5; Lev 16:21 ‎הִתְוַדּוּ‎ Lev 26:40; Num 5:7 Imperfect 1 singular ‎אֶתְוַדֶּה‎ Dan 9:4 plural ‎יִתְוַדּוּ‎ Neh 9:2 Infinitive suffix ‎הִתְוַדֹּתוֺ‎ Ezra 10:1 Participle ‎מִתְוַדֶּה‎ Neh 1:6; Dan 9:20 plural ‎מִתְוַדִּים‎ 2Chr 30:22; Neh 9:3 —

1. confess, absolute Ezra 10:1; Neh 9:3; Dan 9:4 with accusative ‎עָוֺן‎ Lev 16:21 (P), Lev 26:40 (H); ‎חטאת‎ Num 5:7 (P), Dan 9:20 ‎אֲשֶׁר חָטָא‎ Lev 5:5 (P); ‎עַל חטאות‎ Neh 1:6; Neh 9:2.

2. give thanks, ‎ליהוה‎, in the ritual worship 2Chr 30:22.

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