excess
=
have more than enough
Ex 36:7
(
P
;
vid.
also
2 K 4:43 2 Ch 31:10
supr
.);
make abundant
Dt 28:1
1;
30:9
(
sq. sf. pers. +
ב
rei.).
יָתֵר
Pr 12:2
6,
v.
תור
.
I
.
יֶ˜תֶר
S
3499, 3500
TWOT
936a, 936b
GK
3856, 3857, 385894
n.m.
Ne 2:16
remainder, excess, pre-eminence
;—
abs.
יֶ˜תָר
Ne 2:16
+
2times;
יָתֶ˜ר
Pr 17:
7;
cstr.
יֶתֶ˜ר
Gn 49:3
+
84 times;
יֶ˜תֶר
Is 56:12
(
vid.
Baer’s note);
sf.
יִתְרֹו
Is 44:19
;
יִתְרָם
Ex 2
3
;11
+
2 times (not
Jb 4:21
,
q.v.
sub ii.
יֶתֶר
);—
1.
•
a.
remainder, remnant
(with implied inferiority in number or quality), of crops, etc.
יִתְרָם
Ex 23:11
(JE),
their remnant
, i.e. what they (the enemy) leave, so
יֶתֶר הַגָּזָם
Jo 1:
4;
יֶתֶר הָאַרְבֶּה
v
4;
יֶתֶר הַיֶּלֶק
v
4;
הַנִּשְׁאֶרֶת יֶתֶר הַפְּלֵטָה
ex 10:5
(
J
); of vessels,
יֶתֶר הַכֵּלִים הַנֹּותָרִים
Je 27:1
9; of a tree
Is 44:19
(
=
שְׁאֵרִית
v
1
7); elsewhere of
pers.
Dt 3:11
=
Jos 12:
4;
13:12
(both
D
),
Dt 28:54 Jos 23:12
(
D
),
2 S 21:2 2 K 25:11
=
Je 52:1
5,
Ez 34:18
; of a rescued remnant of Israel (Judah)
Mi 5:2 Zp 2:9
(
||
שְׁאֵרִית
),
Zc 14:2
;
יֶתֶר הַקָּדֵשׁ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁאַר
1 K 22:4
7;
יֶתֶר הָעָם הַנִּשְׁאָרִים
Je 36:9
(×2) 2 K 25:11
=
Je 52:1
5
•.
b.
remainder, rest, other part
of people, elders, etc.,
2 S 10:10
=
1 Ch 19:1
1,
2 S 12:28 1 K 12:23 Je 29:1 Hb 2:8 Ez 48:2
3; sometimes incl. a majority
Ju 7:6 1 S 13:
2; of common people (
opp.
rulers)
Ne 2:16
;
4:8
,
13
,
cf.
6:
1; of land
Dt 3:13 Jos 13:27
(
P
); of other inanimate things
Lv 14:17
(
P
),
Nu 31:32
(
id.
), of years
Is 38:10
; elsewhere in phr.
יֶתֶר דִּבְרֵי
the rest of the affairs of
, in summaries of reigns of kings of Israel and Judah
1 K 11:41
+
41 times K Ch;
יֶתֶר כָּל־דִּבְרֵי
1 K 15:2
3;
יֶתֶר דְּבָרָיו
2 Ch 28:2
6.
•
2.
a.
excess
,
שְׂפַת יָ˜תֶר
Pr 17:7
a lip of excess
=
arrogant speech (see
VB
).
b.
in
adv.
phrases,
עַל יֶתֶר
ψ 31:24
on the basis of abundnace
=
abundantly
, as
adv. accus.
גָּדֹול יֶתֶר מְאֹד
Is 56:12
great,
in abundance
, exceedingly,
Dn 8:9
וַתִּגְדַּל־יֶתֶר and grew great in excess, exceedingly ( cf. ܝܰܬܻܝܪ ( yatir ) much , ܝܰܬܻܝܪ ܡܶܢ ( yatir men ) more than ). c. specif. what is over and above immediate necessities, abundance, affluence Jb 22:20 ψ 17:14 . • 3. 2 וֶתֶר שְׂאֵת וְיֶתֶר עָ˜ז Gn 49: 3.—On Jb 4:21 v. ii. יֶתֶר .
• II . יֶ˜תֶר S 3499, 3500 TWOT 936a, 936b GK 3856, 3857, 3858 n.m. Ju 16:7 cord
( proposes as hanging over or down; Aramaic יַתְרָא part of the intestines, å
יְתָרַיָּא ropes , ܝܰܬܪܳܐ ( yatro ) cord, rope, chord of arc; Arabic وَتَرٌ ( watarun )