What does יֶתֶר (yeter) mean in the Bible?
יֶתֶר (yeter): Overhanging excess that both remains and exceeds; captures surplus, superiority, and what dangerously protrudes beyond normal bounds
Hebrew · H3499
יֶתֶר
Properly, an overhanging , i.e. (by implication) an excess , superiority , remainder ; also a small rope (as hanging free)
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יֶתֶר H3499
Pronunciation yeter
What does יֶתֶר (yeter) mean in the Bible?
יֶתֶר (yeter): Overhanging excess that both remains and exceeds; captures surplus, superiority, and what dangerously protrudes beyond normal bounds
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3499?
The BSB source-word alignment has 101 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include As for the rest (43), and the rest (9), the rest (5), has left (3), . . . (2).
Where does יֶתֶר (yeter) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 49:3. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Kings (24), 1 Kings (14), 2 Chronicles (10), Jeremiah (6).
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 As for the rest 43× 1 Kings 11:41, 1 Kings 14:19, 1 Kings 14:29, 1 Kings 15:7
and the rest 9× Deuteronomy 28:54, 1 Samuel 13:2, 1 Kings 12:23, 2 Kings 25:11
the rest 5× Deuteronomy 3:13, 2 Samuel 10:10, 2 Samuel 12:28, 1 Chronicles 19:11
has left 3× Joel 1:4
. . . 2× Psalms 31:23, Isaiah 56:12
bowstrings 2× Judges 16:7, Judges 16:8
excelling 2× Genesis 49:3
Now the rest 2× 1 Kings 15:23, 2 Chronicles 13:22
the remnant 2× Jeremiah 39:9, Habakkuk 2:8
- 1× Jeremiah 39:9
a remnant 1× 2 Samuel 21:2
and the other 1× Nehemiah 6:14
Are not their tent cords 1× Job 4:21
as a remnant 1× Joshua 13:12
but the rest 1× Zechariah 14:2
Eloquent 1× Proverbs 17:7
extensively 1× Daniel 8:9
my bow 1× Job 30:11
of the remainder 1× Isaiah 38:10
of the remnant 1× Deuteronomy 3:11
one of the remnant 1× Joshua 12:4
or any other 1× Nehemiah 2:16
remained 1× Numbers 31:32
remaining 1× Leviticus 14:17
the 1× 1 Kings 22:46
the bowstrings 1× Judges 16:9
the others 1× Judges 7:6
the remainder 1× Zephaniah 2:9
the string 1× Psalms 11:2
the surviving 1× Jeremiah 29:1
their abundance 1× Psalms 17:14
their excess 1× Job 22:20
then the rest 1× Micah 5:3
those who remained 1× Jeremiah 52:15
to the rest 1× Joshua 23:12
vvv 1× 2 Kings 25:11
what they leave 1× Exodus 23:11
whatever is 1× Exodus 10:5
with the rest 1× Joshua 13:27
with the rest of it 1× Isaiah 44:19
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 49:3 יֶ֥תֶר to excelling Noun - masculine singular construct Genesis 49:3 וְיֶ֥תֶר to excelling Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Exodus 10:5 יֶ֣תֶר to whatever is Noun - masculine singular construct Exodus 23:11 וְיִתְרָ֕ם to what they leave Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Leviticus 14:17 וּמִיֶּ֨תֶר to remaining Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Numbers 31:32 יֶ֣תֶר to remained Noun - masculine singular construct Deuteronomy 3:11 מִיֶּ֣תֶר to of the remnant Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct Deuteronomy 3:13 וְיֶ֨תֶר to the rest Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Deuteronomy 28:54 וּבְיֶ֥תֶר to and the rest Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Joshua 12:4 מִיֶּ֖תֶר to one of the remnant Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 49:3
Aligned rows 101
Books represented 26
Genesis 2 Exodus 2 Leviticus 1 Numbers 1 Deuteronomy 3 Joshua 4 Judges 4 1 Samuel 1 2 Samuel 3 1 Kings 14 2 Kings 24 1 Chronicles 1 2 Chronicles 10 Nehemiah 5 Job 3 Psalms 3 Proverbs 1 Isaiah 3 Jeremiah 6 Ezekiel 2 Daniel 1 Joel 3 Micah 1 Habakkuk 1 Zephaniah 1 Zechariah 1
Source forms
וְיֶ֛תֶר 16x wə·ye·ṯer 1 Kings 14:29, 1 Kings 15:31, 1 Kings 16:14, 2 Kings 1:18
וְיֶ֨תֶר 12x wə·ye·ṯer Deuteronomy 3:13, 1 Kings 11:41, 1 Kings 15:7, 1 Kings 16:5
יֶ֣תֶר 12x ye·ṯer Exodus 10:5, Numbers 31:32, Judges 7:6, 2 Samuel 10:10
וְיֶ֙תֶר֙ 9x wə·ye·ṯer 1 Kings 14:19, 1 Kings 16:20, 1 Kings 22:46, 2 Kings 15:15
וְיֶ֥תֶר 5x wə·ye·ṯer Genesis 49:3, 1 Kings 12:23, 2 Kings 15:31, Joel 1:4
וְיֶ֣תֶר 5x wə·ye·ṯer 1 Samuel 13:2, 1 Kings 15:23, Joel 1:4, Micah 5:3
יֶ֥תֶר 5x ye·ṯer Genesis 49:3, Isaiah 38:10, Isaiah 56:12, Jeremiah 39:9
וְיֶתֶר֩ 4x wə·ye·ṯer 1 Kings 22:39, 2 Kings 14:15, 2 Kings 14:28, 2 Chronicles 36:8
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct 56x Genesis 49:3, Deuteronomy 3:13, 1 Samuel 13:2, 1 Kings 11:41
Noun - masculine singular construct 21x Genesis 49:3, Exodus 10:5, Numbers 31:32, Joshua 13:27
Noun - masculine singular 5x Psalms 11:2, Psalms 31:23, Proverbs 17:7, Isaiah 56:12
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct 4x Deuteronomy 3:11, Joshua 12:4, Joshua 13:12, 2 Samuel 21:2
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct 3x Nehemiah 2:16, Nehemiah 6:1, Nehemiah 6:14
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural 2x Exodus 23:11, Job 22:20
Noun - masculine plural 2x Judges 16:7, Judges 16:8
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural 2x Job 4:21, Psalms 17:14
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Overhanging excess that both remains and exceeds; captures surplus, superiority, and what dangerously protrudes beyond normal bounds
Source Gloss
properly, an overhanging , i.e. (by implication) an excess , superiority , remainder ; also a small rope (as hanging free)
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Overhanging excess that both remains and exceeds; captures surplus, superiority, and what dangerously protrudes beyond normal bounds
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free) BDB: remainder Usage: abundant, cord, exceeding, excellancy(-ent), what they leave, that hath left, plentifully, remnant, residue, rest, string, with.
Grammatical Forms
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Selected Scripture Witnesses
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Biblical Witnesses
excess or surplus of goods, profit from labor and diligence
superiority or excellence, particularly in speech or conduct
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 102 lexical occurrence verses.
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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
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