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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יָע H3257
Pronunciation yāʿ
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 It shovels 8× Exodus 38:3, Numbers 4:14, 1 Kings 7:40, 1 Kings 7:45
its shovels 1× Exodus 27:3
Show sample aligned rows
Exodus 27:3 וְיָעָיו֙ to its shovels Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Exodus 38:3 הַיָּעִים֙ to shovels Article | Noun - masculine plural Numbers 4:14 הַיָּעִ֣ים to shovels Article | Noun - masculine plural 1 Kings 7:40 הַיָּעִ֖ים to shovels Article | Noun - masculine plural 1 Kings 7:45 הַיָּעִ֜ים to shovels Article | Noun - masculine plural 2 Kings 25:14 הַיָּעִ֜ים to shovels Article | Noun - masculine plural 2 Chronicles 4:11 הַיָּעִ֖ים to shovels Article | Noun - masculine plural 2 Chronicles 4:16 הַיָּעִ֤ים to shovels Article | Noun - masculine plural Jeremiah 52:18 הַיָּעִ֨ים to shovels Article | Noun - masculine plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 27:3
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 6
Exodus 2 Numbers 1 1 Kings 2 2 Kings 1 2 Chronicles 2 Jeremiah 1
Source forms
הַיָּעִ֖ים 2x hay·yā·‘îm 1 Kings 7:40, 2 Chronicles 4:11
הַיָּעִ֜ים 2x hay·yā·‘îm 1 Kings 7:45, 2 Kings 25:14
הַיָּעִים֙ 1x hay·yā·‘îm Exodus 38:3
הַיָּעִ֣ים 1x hay·yā·‘îm Numbers 4:14
הַיָּעִ֤ים 1x hay·yā·‘îm 2 Chronicles 4:16
הַיָּעִ֨ים 1x hay·yā·‘îm Jeremiah 52:18
וְיָעָיו֙ 1x wə·yā·‘āw Exodus 27:3
Parsing patterns
Article | Noun - masculine plural 8x Exodus 38:3, Numbers 4:14, 1 Kings 7:40, 1 Kings 7:45
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular 1x Exodus 27:3
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. a shovel
Source Gloss
a shovel
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
a shovel BDB: shovel Usage: shovel.
Word Origins
יָע is built from this root:
יָעָה H3261
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain