What does יָע (yāʿ) mean in the Bible?
יָע (yāʿ) is a Hebrew word meaning "a shovel".
Hebrew · H3257
יָע
A shovel
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יָעH3257
Pronunciationyāʿ
What does יָע (yāʿ) mean in the Bible?
יָע (yāʿ) is a Hebrew word meaning "a shovel".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3257?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include shovels (8), its shovels (1).
Where does יָע (yāʿ) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 27:3. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Kings (2), 2 Chronicles (2), Exodus (2), 2 Kings (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itshovels8×Exodus 38:3, Numbers 4:14, 1 Kings 7:40, 1 Kings 7:45
its shovels1×Exodus 27:3
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 27:3וְיָעָיו֙toits shovelsConjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singularExodus 38:3הַיָּעִים֙toshovelsArticle | Noun - masculine pluralNumbers 4:14הַיָּעִ֣יםtoshovelsArticle | Noun - masculine plural1 Kings 7:40הַיָּעִ֖יםtoshovelsArticle | Noun - masculine plural1 Kings 7:45הַיָּעִ֜יםtoshovelsArticle | Noun - masculine plural2 Kings 25:14הַיָּעִ֜יםtoshovelsArticle | Noun - masculine plural2 Chronicles 4:11הַיָּעִ֖יםtoshovelsArticle | Noun - masculine plural2 Chronicles 4:16הַיָּעִ֤יםtoshovelsArticle | Noun - masculine pluralJeremiah 52:18הַיָּעִ֨יםtoshovelsArticle | Noun - masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowExodus 27:3
Aligned rows9
Books represented6
Exodus2Numbers11 Kings22 Kings12 Chronicles2Jeremiah1
Source forms
הַיָּעִ֖ים2xhay·yā·‘îm1 Kings 7:40, 2 Chronicles 4:11
הַיָּעִ֜ים2xhay·yā·‘îm1 Kings 7:45, 2 Kings 25:14
הַיָּעִים֙1xhay·yā·‘îmExodus 38:3
הַיָּעִ֣ים1xhay·yā·‘îmNumbers 4:14
הַיָּעִ֤ים1xhay·yā·‘îm2 Chronicles 4:16
הַיָּעִ֨ים1xhay·yā·‘îmJeremiah 52:18
וְיָעָיו֙1xwə·yā·‘āwExodus 27:3
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - masculine plural8xExodus 38:3, Numbers 4:14, 1 Kings 7:40, 1 Kings 7:45
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular1xExodus 27:3
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a shovel
Source Gloss
a shovel
Extended definitionSource: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a shovel BDB: shovel Usage: shovel.
Word Origins
יָע is built from this root:
יָעָהH3261