STRONGS NUMBER H2974


Word Summary
yaal: to show willingness, be pleased, determine, undertake (to do anything)
Original Word: יָאַל
Transliteration: yaal
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-al')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to show willingness, be pleased, determine, undertake (to do anything)
Meaning: to show willingness, be pleased, determine, undertake (to do anything)
Strong's Concordance
assay, begin, be content, please, take upon, willingly, would

A primitive root (probably rather the same as ya'al through the idea of mental weakness); properly, to yield, especially assent; hence (pos.) To undertake as an act of volition -- assay, begin, be content, please, take upon, X willingly, would.

see HEBREW ya'al

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H2974. yaal

II. [יָאַל‎] verb only

Hiph`il shew willingness, be pleased, determine, undertake to do anything (and do it) (see Ki Thes; Arabic is take refuge with, escape, hasten to a place; compare II. אולbe in front of, NöMBAK 1880. 775; Sabean ואל‎ in proper name מואלת‎ DHMEpigr. Denkm. 53; perhaps As âlû, accept, LyonSargontexte 72) —

Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הוֺאִילHosea 5:11 2t.; 2 masculine singular הוֺאַלְתָּ1 Chronicles 17:27; 1singular הוֺאַלְתִּיGenesis 18:27, 31; 1plural הוֺאַלְנוּJoshua 7:7; Imperfect וְיֹאֵלJob 6:9 (jussive); וַיּ֫וֺאֶלExodus 2:21 4t.; וַיֹאֶל1 Samuel 17:39 (but see below); Imperative הוֺאֵל2 Samuel 7:29; 2 Kings 5:23; הוֺאֶלנָֿאJudges 19:6; נָא ה֫וֺאֶל2 Kings 6:3; הוֺאִ֫ילוּJob 6:28; —

1 shew willingness to do anything, accept an invitation, acquiesce, followed by infinitive אֶתהָֿאִישׁ לָשֶׁבֶת משֶׁה וַי֫וֺאֶלExodus 2:21 (JE) and Moses was willing to dwell with the man (and did so), = Judges 17:11 (of Levite); elsewhere following by finite verb; וַנֵּשֶׁב הוֺאַלְנוּ וְלוּJoshua 7:7 and would that we had been willing and had stayed; especially imperative, followed by imperative: וְלִין הוֺאֶלנָֿאJudges 19:6 be willing and spend the night (kindly accept my invitation) see Ges§ 110. 2 a, R 2; 120. 2 a, 2 Kings 6:3 and (no וְ‎) 5:23; פְֿנוּבִֿי הוֺאִילוּJob 6:28 i.e. be good enough to look upon me.

2 more actively, voluntarily undertake to do anything (and do it), followed by infinitive: Genesis 18:27 I have undertaken to speak = 18:31 (both J); so 1 Samuel 17:39 ᵑ0‎, but read וַ֫יֵּלֶא‎, and he laboured vainly, for וַיֹאֶל‎, so ᵐ5‎, GeiUrschrift, 377 We Dr (compare also vb בָּאֵלֶּה לָלֶכֶת אוּכַל לֹא‎); followed by finite verb בֵּאֵר משֶׁה הוֺאִילDeuteronomy 1:5 i.e. Moses took upon himself to expound the law.

3 more actively still, be pleased, determine on one's own responsibility, resolve, followed by infinitive: Joshua 17:12 (JE) = Judges 1:27 but the Canaanites were determined (shewed a determination) to remain in this territory (= persisted in dwelling there); 1:35 the Amorites persisted in dwelling in Har-Heres, etc.; followed by finite verb, of irreligious action, הָלַךְ הואילHosea 5:11 Ephraim persisted, he walked after vanity (read שׁוא‎ for צו‎, see Che); elsewhere only of the divine good pleasure: followed by infinitive 1 Samuel 12:22 ׳יhath been pleased to make you a people for himself; 1 Chronicles 17:27; followed by finite verb וּבָרֵךְ הוֺאֵל2 Samuel 7:29 be pleased and bless the house of thy servant; וִידַכְּאֵנִי אֱלוֺהַּ וְיֹאֵלJob 6:9 and that Eloah would be pleased and crush me! (see Ges§ 120, 2 a DaSynt. § 83 b).