3498. yathar
Lexical Summary
yathar: to remain over
Original Word: יָתַר
Transliteration: yathar
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-thar')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to remain over
Meaning: to jut over, exceed, to excel, to remain, be left, to leave, cause to abound, preserve
Strong's Concordance
excel, leave a remnant, left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve

A primitive root; to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively, to leave, cause to abound, preserve -- excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, - nant), reserve, residue, rest.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H3498. yathar

[יָתַר‎]107 verb remain over (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יְתַר‎, id.; Zinjirli יתר‎ noun rest, remainder; Ethiopic Assyrian [atâru], remain over, in derived conjugation, DlHWB; in Sabean ותר‎ CISiv, 15, 46, p. 77; especially noun ותר‎ as epithet of king = noble one, and as proper name ותרם‎ MordtZMG, 1876, 37, 292 DHMZMG, 1883, 15 CISiv, 10; Arabic is make single make to be one, or an odd number) —

Qal Participle הַיּוֺתֵר1 Samuel 15:15 the remainder .

Niph`al be left over, remain over; Perfect נוֺתַרExodus 10:15 8t., etc.; Imperfect יִוָּתֵר2 Kings 20:17 2t.; בָּ֑הּ יִוָּתֶ֥רZechariah 13:8; וַיִּוָּתֵרGenesis 32:25 2t.; וָאִוָּתֵר1 Kings 19:10, 14, etc.; Participle נוֺתָר1 Samuel 2:26 17t., נֹתָרExodus 12:10; feminine singular נוֺתֶ֫רֶתLeviticus 2:3 3t.; masculine plural נוֺתָרִיםJudges 8:10 24t., etc.; — be left over, remain (over), absolute Exodus 10:15 (J), Joshua 11:11, 22 (D), Judges 9:5; Isaiah 1:8; 30:17; 1 Kings 18:22; 2 Kings 20:17 = Isaiah 39:6; followed by לְבַדּוֺbe left alone Genesis 32:25 (J), so 1 Kings 19:10, 14; followed by מִןbe left from (= of) 2 Samuel 13:30; Exodus 29:34; Numbers 26:65 (both P), Psalm 106:11; participle followed by מִןJudges 8:10 10t. P, 1 Kings 9:20 2 Chronicles 8:7; Zechariah 14:16; 1 Chronicles 6:46; followed by לְ‎, be left (surviving) to, 1 Samuel 25:34; 2 Samuel 9:1, of those belonging to Genesis 44:20 (J; לְאִמּוֺ לְבַדּוֺ‎); followed by בְּbe left in (= of) 2 Samuel 17:12; Joshua 18:2 (JE), also participle Leviticus 8:32; 14:18 (P), Ezekiel 48:15 (twice in verse); often followed by בְּ‎ local Amos 6:9 11t.; followed by בֵּיתin the house of Jeremiah 27:21; followed by הארץ עלפֿניEzekiel 39:14 (participle); followed by אַחֲרֵי‎ = be left behind (of sons) 1 Kings 9:21 2 Chronicles 8:8; followed by שָׁם‎ + אֵצֶלDaniel 10:13 I was left over there beside the kings (i.e. I had nothing more to do; compare VB); elsewhere participle absolute, as adjective Genesis 30:36 (J), Joshua 17:2, 6 (JE), Leviticus 10:12, 16; 27:18; Joshua 21:5, 26, 34 (all P), Jeremiah 34:7; 1 Chronicles 6:55; 6:62; 1 Chronicles 22:20; as substantive Judges 21:7, 16; 1 Samuel 30:9; Exodus 28:10; 29:34; Leviticus 19:6 (all P), 1 Kings 20:30 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 4:7; Ezekiel 34:18; 48:21; 2 Chronicles 31:10.

Hiph`il Perfect הוֺתִירExodus 10:15; Isaiah 1:9, etc.; Imperfect יוֺתִירDeuteronomy 28:54; jussive יוֺתֵרExodus 16:19; וַיּוֺתֵר2 Samuel 8:4; 2 Chronicles 18:4; 3 feminine singular וַתֹּתַ֫רRuth 2:14; 2masculine singular jussive תּוֺתַרGenesis 49:4; 1singular אוֺתִירEzekiel 39:28; 3masculine plural וַיּוֺתִרוּExodus 16:20; 2 Kings 4:44; 2masculine plural תּוֺתִירוּExodus 12:10 2t.; Imperative הוֺתֵרPsalm 79:11; Infinitive absolute הוֺתֵד2 Kings 4:43 2t.; construct הוֺתִירJeremiah 44:7; —

1. a. leave over, leave Exodus 10:15 (J), Ruth 2:14 (object omitted), 2:18; 2 Kings 4:43 (וְהוֺתֵר אָכוֺל‎, see below), 4:44 (object om. in both), 2 Chronicles 31:10; יוֺתִיר אֲשֶׁר בָּנָיו יֶתֶרDeuteronomy 28:54; followed by object שָׂרִיד‎ + ל‎ person Isaiah 1:9; object שְׁאֵרִית‎ + ל‎ person Jeremiah 44:7; followed by מִןfrom (= of), 2 Samuel 8:4 = 1 Chronicles 18:4; Numbers 33:55 (P), Ezekiel 12:16; + עַד‎ temporal Exodus 12:10; 16:19-20, (all P), Leviticus 22:30 (H); + שָׁם‎ location Ezekiel 39:28.

b. absolute leave a remnant Ezekiel 6:8 (denominative from יֶתֶר‎ ?).

c. save over, i.e. preserve alive Psalm 79:11.

2 excel, shew pre-eminence Genesis 49:4 (poem in J).

3 shew excess = have more than enough Exodus 36:7 (P; see also 2 Kings 4:43; 2 Chronicles 31:10 above); make abundant Deuteronomy 28:11; 30:9 (followed by suffix person + ב‎ of thing).








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