Be willing
יָאַלStrong’s H2974yaal (ya-al)
Appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yaal is the Hebrew word usually translated “willing”, “have undertaken” and “was willing”. It appears in 19 verses of the Old Testament.
“And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes:”
Meaning
- To begin, make a beginning, show willingness, undertake to do, be pleased, be determined(Hiphil)
How it's translated
- be willing 5
- i have undertaken 2
- and he was willing 2
- and it was determined 2
- he was determined 2
- he undertook 1
- we had been willing 1
- and he was determined 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Judges 4
- Genesis 2
- Joshua 2
- 1 Samuel 2
- 2 Kings 2
- Job 2
11 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 18:31And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty’s sake.
- Exodus 2:21And Moses was content to dwell with the man: and he gave Moses Zipporah his daughter.
- Deuteronomy 1:5On this side Jordan, in the land of Moab, began Moses to declare this law, saying,
- Joshua 7:7And Joshua said, Alas, O LORD God, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
- Joshua 17:12Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
- Judges 1:27Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
Hebrew dictionary
יָאַל yaal · be willing
1) to begin, make a beginning, show willingness, undertake to do, be pleased, be determined 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to agree to, show willingness, acquiesce, accept an invitation, be willing 1a2) to undertake 1a3) to resolve, be pleased, be determined
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “willing” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WILLING, participle present
tense
- Determining; resolving; desiring.
- Disposing of by will.
All definitions and other forms of “willing”
WILLING, adjective
- Free to do or grant; having the mind inclined; disposed; not averse.
- Pleased; desirous.“Felix, willing to show the Jews a pleasure” Acts 24:27
- Ready; prompt.
- Chosen; received of choice or without reluctance; as, to be held in willing chains.
- Spontaneous.
- Consenting.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.