Definition
a primitive root; to jut over or exceed; by implication, to excel; (intransitively) to remain or be left; causatively to leave, cause to abound, preserve
Traditional renderings: excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, -nant), reserve, residue, rest.
Traditional renderings: excel, leave (a remnant), left behind, too much, make plenteous, preserve, (be, let) remain(-der, -ing, -nant), reserve, residue, rest.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יָתַר:
- καταλείπωkataleipō“to leave behind”42%
- λοιπόςloipos“remaining”17%
- ἀπολείπωapoleipō“to leave”8%
- λοιπόνloipon“henceforth”8%
- περισσόςperissos“excessive”8%
- ἐγκαταλείπωegkataleipō“to leave behind”4%
- κατάλοιποςkataloipos“remaining”4%
- πληθύνωplēthunō“to multiply”4%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
106 total
- Genesis 30:36הַנּוֹתָרֹֽת׃ · the restThen he put a three-day journey between himself and Jacob, while Jacob was shepherding the rest of Laban’s flocks.
- Genesis 32:24וַיִּוָּתֵ֥ר · was leftSo Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.
- Genesis 44:20וַיִּוָּתֵ֨ר · sons leftAnd we answered, ‘We have an elderly father and a younger brother, the child of his old age. The boy’s brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
- Genesis 49:4תּוֹתַ֔ר · longer excelUncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.
- Exodus 10:15הוֹתִ֖יר · had left behind; נוֹתַ֨ר · was leftThey covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left behind. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 12:10תוֹתִ֥ירוּ · leave; וְהַנֹּתָ֥ר · that is left overDo not leave any of it until morning; before the morning you must burn up any part that is left over.
- Exodus 16:19יוֹתֵ֥ר · may keepThen Moses said to them, “No one may keep any of it until morning.”
- Exodus 16:20וַיּוֹתִ֨רוּ · leftBut they did not listen to Moses; some people left part of it until morning, and it became infested with maggots and began to smell. So Moses was angry with them.
- Exodus 28:10הַנּוֹתָרִ֛ים · and the remaining…six of their names on one stone and the remaining six on the other, in the order of their birth.
- Exodus 29:34יִוָּתֵ֞ר · is left; הַנּוֹתָר֙ · the remainderAnd if any of the meat of ordination or any bread is left until the morning, you are to burn up the remainder. It must not be eaten, because it is sacred.
- Exodus 36:7וְהוֹתֵֽר׃ס · was more…since what they already had was more than enough to perform all the work.
- Leviticus 2:3וְהַנּוֹתֶ֙רֶת֙ · The remainderThe remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings to the LORD.
- Leviticus 2:10וְהַנּוֹתֶ֙רֶת֙ · But the remainderBut the remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings to the LORD.
- Leviticus 6:16וְהַנּוֹתֶ֣רֶת · the remainderAaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 7:16וְהַנּוֹתָ֥ר · but the remainderIf, however, the sacrifice he offers is a vow or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice, but the remainder may be eaten on the next day.
- Leviticus 7:17וְהַנּוֹתָ֖ר · remainingBut any meat of the sacrifice remaining until the third day must be burned up.
- Leviticus 8:32וְהַנּוֹתָ֥ר · the remainderThen you must burn up the remainder of the meat and bread.
- Leviticus 10:12הַנּֽוֹתָרִים֒ · and his remaining; הַנּוֹתֶ֙רֶת֙ · that remainsAnd Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the food offerings to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy.
- Leviticus 10:16הַנּוֹתָרִ֖ם · remainingLater, Moses searched carefully for the goat of the sin offering, and behold, it had been burned up. He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and asked,
- Leviticus 14:18וְהַנּוֹתָ֗ר · The restThe rest of the oil in his palm, the priest is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.
- Leviticus 14:29וְהַנּוֹתָ֗ר · The restThe rest of the oil in his palm, the priest is to put on the head of the one to be cleansed, to make atonement for him before the LORD.
- Leviticus 19:6וְהַנּוֹתָר֙ · but what remainsIt shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it, or on the next day; but what remains on the third day must be burned up.
- Leviticus 22:30תוֹתִ֥ירוּ · leaveIt must be eaten that same day. Do not leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 27:18הַנּ֣וֹתָרֹ֔ת · leftBut if he consecrates his field after the Jubilee, the priest is to calculate the price in proportion to the years left until the next Year of Jubilee, so that your valuation will be reduced.
- Numbers 26:65נוֹתַ֤ר · was leftFor the LORD had told them that they would surely die in the wilderness. Not one was left except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun.
- Numbers 33:55תּוֹתִ֣ירוּ · you allow to remainBut if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle.
- Deuteronomy 28:11וְהוֹתִֽרְךָ֤ · will make you prosperThe LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.
- Deuteronomy 28:54יוֹתִֽיר׃ · who have survivedThe most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,
- Deuteronomy 30:9וְהוֹתִֽירְךָ֩ · will make you aboundSo the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your prosperity, as He delighted in that of your fathers,
- Joshua 11:11נוֹתַ֖ר · remainedThe Israelites put everyone in Hazor to the sword, devoting them to destruction. Nothing that breathed remained, and Joshua burned down Hazor itself.
- Joshua 11:22נוֹתַ֣ר · were leftNo Anakim were left in the land of the Israelites; only in Gaza, Gath, and Ashdod did any survive.
- Joshua 17:2הַנּוֹתָרִים֮ · for the restSo this allotment was for the rest of the descendants of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph.
- Joshua 17:6הַנּֽוֹתָרִֽים׃ · the rest…because the daughters of Manasseh received an inheritance among his sons. And the land of Gilead belonged to the rest of the sons of Manasseh.
- Joshua 18:2וַיִּוָּֽתְרוּ֙ · there were still…there were still seven tribes of Israel who had not yet received their inheritance.
- Joshua 21:5הַנּוֹתָרִ֗ים · The remainingThe remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
- Joshua 21:20הַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים · The remainingThe remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities: From the tribe of Ephraim
- Joshua 21:26הַנּוֹתָרִֽים׃ס · [were given] to the restIn all, ten cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans.
- Joshua 21:34הַנּוֹתָרִים֒ · the rest ofThis is what the Merarite clan (the rest of the Levites) were given: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Jokneam, Kartah,
- Joshua 21:40הַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים · the remainingIn all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.
- Judges 8:10הַנּ֣וֹתָרִ֔ים · that were leftNow Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor with their army of about fifteen thousand men—all that were left of the armies of the people of the east. A hundred and twenty thousand swordsmen had already fallen.
- Judges 9:5וַיִּוָּתֵ֞ר · survivedHe went to his father’s house in Ophrah, and on one stone murdered his seventy brothers, the sons of Jerubbaal. But Jotham, the youngest son of Jerubbaal, survived, because he hid himself.
- Judges 21:7לַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים · for the survivorsWhat should we do about wives for the survivors, since we have sworn by the LORD not to give them our daughters in marriage?”
- Judges 21:16לַנּוֹתָרִ֖ים · for those who remainThen the elders of the congregation said, “What should we do about wives for those who remain, since the women of Benjamin have been destroyed?”
- Ruth 2:14וַתֹּתַֽר׃ · and had some left overAt mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here; have some bread and dip it into the vinegar sauce.” So she sat down beside the harvesters, and he offered her roasted grain, and she ate and was satisfied and had some left over.
- Ruth 2:18הוֹתִ֖רָה · she had savedShe picked up the grain and went into the town, where her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned. And she brought out what she had saved from her meal and gave it to Naomi.
- 1 Samuel 2:36הַנּוֹתָר֙ · leftAnd everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”