יָחִיל

«יָחִיל» in the Tanakh dictionary: waiting — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 3175 · BDB: יָחִיל

Glosses

waiting (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

waiting tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.verb. waiting tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj.verb. waiting, so Thes SS Buhl, but very dub.,—only טוֹב וְיָחִיל וְדוּמָם לְ La 3:26 good is it that one be waiting and that silently (but v. דוּמָם) for the salvation of י׳; construct. with ו and adj. hardly poss.; Ew Ke Löhr Köii. 407 al. regard as vb. (from חול); read perhaps וְיֹחִיל Hiph. Impf. from יחל (cf. v 24).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (17 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (13 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «יָחִיל» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Lamentations 3:26

ט֤וֹב וְיָחִיל֙ וְדוּמָ֔ם לִתְשׁוּעַ֖ת יְהוָֽה׃

Word for word: [is].good and waiting and silence for the.salvation of.Yahweh

JPS 1917: It is good that a man should quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.

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