יֶתֶר
Used: 5 times · Key: lemma:יֶתֶר · BDB: יֶ֫תֶר²
Glosses
cords (3); [the].bowstring (1); tent-cord (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
cord tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. cord tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. Ju 16:7 cord (proposes as hanging over or down; Aramaic יַתְרָא part of the intestines, 𝔗 יְתָרַיָּא ropes, ܝܰܬܪܳܐ cord, rope, chord of arc; Arabic وَتَرٌ bow-string, lute-string; Ethiopic ወትር sinew, cord; ወተረ stretch bowstring, strain (eyes), be intent, eager, etc.)—יֶתֶ֑ר ψ 11:2 + 5times; sf. יִתְרוֹ Kt Jb 30:11 (יִתְרִי Qr); יִתְרָם Jb 4:21;—cord, for binding a man Ju 16:7, 8, 9; bowstring ψ 11:2 Jb 30:11 (according to Qr, opp. 29:20 b; Kt = his cord, with which he reins in my assailants; cf. Di Da). Jb 4:21 tent-cord Ew De Di RV; yet read perhaps יְתֵדָם their tent-peg, so Ol Hi Sgfr (> AV their excellency, from i. יֶתֶר).
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (15 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 «יֶתֶר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
הֲלֹא־נִסַּ֣ע יִתְרָ֣ם בָּ֑ם יָ֝מ֗וּתוּ וְלֹ֣א בְחָכְמָֽה׃
Word for word: ? not has.it.been.pulled.up tent-cord their in them will.they.die? and not with wisdom
JPS 1917: Is not their tent-cord plucked up within them? They die, and that without wisdom.'
וַיַּעֲלוּ־לָ֞הּ סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים שִׁבְעָ֛ה יְתָרִ֥ים לַחִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־חֹרָ֑בוּ וַתַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּ בָּהֶֽם׃
Word for word: and they.brought.up to her the.rulers of.[the].Philistines seven cords fresh which not they.had.been.dried and she bound.him with them
JPS 1917: Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
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