Lexical Definition

‎יָתֵד‎ yâthêd (yaw-thade') peg ^H:N-F
from an unused root meaning to pin through or fast

nail, paddle, pin, stake.

• a peg

1) pin, stake, peg, nail
1a) pin, peg, tent pin, tent stake
1b) nail, pin (fig.)
1c) pin (used in weaving)

See Greek: ἄνθρωπος · ἄρχων

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יָתֵד‎ noun feminine^{Deut 23:14*} peg, pin (Late Hebrew id.; Arabic ) — ‎יָתֵד‎ Deut 23:14* + 9 t.; construct ‎יְתַד‎ Judg 4:21; Judg 16:14 (where with article but see Ges^{«GKC:127»§ 127}, R. 4 a); plural ‎יְתֵדֹת‎ Exod 38:20 construct ‎יִתְדֹת‎ Exod 27:19 + 4 t.; suffix ‎וִיתֵידֹתַיִךְ‎ Isa 54:2 ‎יְתֵדֹתָיו‎ Exod 27:19; Isa 33:20 ‎וִיתֵדֹתֶיהָ‎ Exod 39:40 ‎וִיתֵדֹתָם‎ Num 3:37; Num 4:32 — pin, peg, especially
a. tent-pin Judg 5:26; Judg 4:21 ‎יְתַד‎ ‎הָאֹהֶל‎ vJudg 4:22 read perhaps also Job 4:21 (figurative; compare II. ‎יֶתֶר‎); often of tabernacle Exod 27:19 (twice in verse); Exod 35:18 (twice in verse); Exod 38:20; Exod 38:31; Exod 38:21 || ‎מֵיתָרָיו‎ Exod 39:40, compare Num 3:37; Num 4:32 (all P); of Zion under figure of tent Isa 33:20; Isa 54:2 figurative of ruler as support of state Zech 10:4.
b. a peg for hanging Ezek 15:3 so figurative of Eliakim Isa 22:23; Isa 22:24 of secure position Ezra 9:8 (compare Arabic, see Thes Hi Hariri^{361 Der.}, of a king).
c. for digging Deut 23:14* (= spade).
d. the pin or stick used in beating up the woof in the loom Judg 16:14 a, see GFM^{PAOS, Oct. 1889, clxxvi. ff.}; in ‎היתד הּארג‎ v^{b, del} ‎היתד‎ (Id^{ib and in comm. on the passage})

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