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title: יָאָה — befit · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָאָה (2969), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: befit. BDB 1906: vb. befit, be befitting. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָאָה

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

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2969 · **BDB:** יָאָה

### Glosses

it.is.befitting (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

befit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2969/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. befit, be befitting [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2969/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. befit, be befitting (NH 𝔗 יָאֵי, יָאֶה adj. worthy, fitting, fine; יָאוּת adv. right, well; Ph. יא fair; Syriac ܝܳܐܷܐ adj. for נאוה ψ 33:1, πρέπει Mt 3:15)— Pf. לְךָ יָאָ֑תָה Je 10:7, for thee it (i.e. fear) is befitting, late Aramaism.

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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 (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָאָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/2969/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 10:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.10.7/)

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מִ֣י לֹ֤א יִֽרָאֲךָ֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ הַגּוֹיִ֔ם כִּ֥י לְךָ֖ יָאָ֑תָה כִּ֣י בְכָל־חַכְמֵ֧י הַגּוֹיִ֛ם וּבְכָל־מַלְכוּתָ֖ם מֵאֵ֥ין כָּמֽוֹךָ׃

*Word for word:* who? not will he.fear.you O.king of the.nations (dm) for you it.is.befitting (dm) among all the.wise.\[people\] of the.nations and among all kingdom their from there.\[is\].not like you

*JPS 1917:* Who would not fear Thee, O king of the nations? For it befitteth Thee; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royalty, there is none like unto Thee.

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