יָדָה

vb. throw, cast (Arabic وَدَى exeruit, emisit, ii. iv. emisit (all now in special senses); Ethiopic ወደየ: throw, cast on or in (very often; cf. ወደደ:); whence Hiph. give thanks, confess (orig. acknowledge?) is commonly derived, perhaps from gestures accompanying the act, v. Thes LagOr ii. 22, yet connexion uncertain; Aramaic Pa. וַדֵּי, Aph. אוֹדִי confess, ܐܰܘܕܺܝ, ܐܫܬܘܕܝ id.; but Ethiopic አስተዋደየ accuse, perhaps also from gesture; Palm. מודא render thanks, often in votive inscrr., see Vog on No. 79; עבד ומודא Vog No. 101 = εὐχαρίστως ἀνέθηκε; מודן כל יום Vog No. 93. 1; ידתא pious Vog No. 29) Palm. ידתא 4 (arrows) at Je 50:14 (read prob., with some Codd. יְרוּ). Impf. וַיַּדּוּ בִּי La 3:53 and they cast (stones) on me; Inf. יַדּוֹת Zc 2:4 to cast down (the horns of the nations). (connex. with ידה throw, obscure, yet v. supr.) Pf. הוֹדוּ 1 K 8:33 + 3 times; הוֹדִינוּ ψ 75:2(×2); Impf. יְהוֹדֶה Ne 11:17 (on form v. Ges§ 53, R. 7); יוֹדֶה ψ 6:6; 1 s. sf. אֲהוֹדֶנּוּ 28:7 (Gesl.c.); אוֹדֶנּוּ 42:6, 12; 43:5; pl. יוֹדוּ 99:3 + 6 times; sf. יְהוֹדוּךָ 44:18 (Gesl.c.); יוֹדֻךָ 49:19, etc. + 41 times Impf.; Imv. הוֹדוּ Is 12:4 + 16 times; הֹדוּ ψ 107:1; Inf. הוֹדוֹת 1 Ch 25:3 + 11 times; הוֹדֹת Ezr 3:11; הֹדוֹת 1 Ch 16:7 + 4 times (see Baer ψ 92:2); Pt. מוֹדֶה Pr 28:13; pl. מוֹדִים 1 Ch 29:13;— give thanks, laud, praise; c. acc. (1) of men, Judah Gn 49:8 (poetic play on name); Job (ironical) Jb 40:14; the king ψ 45:18; the rich 49:19; (2) of י׳, Gn 29:35 (J expl. name יהודה); elsewhere (mostly ψψ and Ch) of ritual worship (v. LagOr. ii. 22 f.); obj. שֵׁם י׳ Is 25:1 ψ 44:9; 54:8; 99:3; 138:2; 142:7; פֶּלֶא י׳ 89:6; יהוה 7:18; 9:2; 109:30; 111:1; יָהּ 118:19; sf. -ךָ referring to God 30:10, 13; 35:18; 43:4; 52:11; 67:4(×2), 6(×2); 71:22; 76:11; 88:11; 118:21, 28; 119:7; 138:1; 139:14 Is 38:18, 19 (song of Hez.); ֶנּוּ ψ 42:6, 12; 43:5; מִשִּׁירִי אֲהוֹדֶנּוּ 28:7 with my song will I praise him; אוֹדְךָ י׳ I will praise thee י׳ 2 S 22:50 = ψ 18:50 = 108:4, Is 12:1 (exilic hymn); אדני ψ 57:10; 86:12, cf. 138:4; 145:10. sq. לְ, only of the ritual worship: לְשֵׁם י׳ ψ 106:47 = 1 Ch 16:35, ψ 122:4; 140:14; לְזֵכֶר קָדְשׁוֹ 30:5; 97:12; לי׳ 1 Ch 16:4, 7, 41; 23:30; 25:3; 2 Ch 5:13; 7:6; 20:21 ψ 33:2; 92:2; 105:1 = 1 Ch 16:8 = Is 12:4; הודו לי׳ כי טוב give thanks to י׳ for he is good ψ 106:1; 107:1; 118:1, 29; 136:1 1 Ch 16:34; so Je 33:11 (sq. אֶת־י׳); cf. הוד(ו)ת 2 Ch 7:3 Ezr 3:11; יודו לי׳ חסדו ψ 107:8, 15, 21, 31; לאלהים Ne 12:46 ψ 136:1; לאדני v 3; לאל v 26; sfs. referring to God: לְךָ 6:6; 79:13; 119:62; לוֹ 100:4; לך + אלהים 75:2(×2) 1 Ch 29:13; abs. 2 Ch 31:2 Ne 11:17; 12:24 all of the ritual worship. confess, the name of God, ‖ שׁוּב, התחנן, התפלל, 1 K 8:33, 35 = 2 Ch 6:24, 26. עֲלֵי פשׁע ψ 32:5 (‖ לֹא כִסִּיתִי); מוֹדֶה וְעֹזֵב (פשׁעיו) Pr 28:13 confessing and forsaking (his transgressions; opp. מְכַסֶּה). Pf. הִתְוַדָּה Lv 5:5; 16:21; הִתְוַדּוּ 26:40 Nu 5:7; Impf. 1 s. אֶתְוַדֶּה Dn 9:4; pl. יִתְוַדּוּ Ne 9:2; Inf. sf. הִתְוַדֹּתוֹ Ezr 10:1; Pt. מִתְוַדֶּה Ne 1:6 Dn 9:20; pl. מִתְוַדִּים 2 Ch 30:22 Ne 9:3;— confess, abs. Ezr 10:1 Ne 9:3 Dn 9:4; c. acc. עָוֹן Lv 16:21 (P), 26:40 (H); חטאת Nu 5:7 (P), Dn 9:20; אֲשֶׁר חָטָא Lv 5:5 (P); עַל חטאות Ne 1:6; 9:2. give thanks, ליהוה, in the ritual worship 2 Ch 30:22.