yaal · undertake, venture

What it means

yaal (יָאַל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “undertake, venture”.

Make up one's mind to do something; venture, be willing.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To decide willingly to do something, or to dare to do it.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• was determined ×4
• be pleased ×3
• I have ventured ×2
• be willing ×2
• agreed ×1
• began ×1
• consent ×1
• has been pleased ×1
• tried ×1
• was willing ×1
• others ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Genesis×2
• Exodus×1
• Deuteronomy×1
• Joshua×2
• Judges×4
• 1 Samuel×2
• 2 Samuel×1
• 2 Kings×2
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Job×2
• Hosea×1

• Genesis 18:27

  Abraham answered and said, “Look, I have ventured to speak to Adonai, though I am dust and ashes.

• Genesis 18:31

  He said, “Look, I have ventured to speak to Adonai: perhaps twenty will be found there.” He said, “I will not destroy it for the sake of the twenty.”

• Exodus 2:21

  Moses agreed to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.

• Deuteronomy 1:5

  Beyond the Jordan, in the land of Moab, Moses began to explain this instruction, saying:

• Joshua 7:7

  And Joshua said, “Alas, Adonai YHWH! Why did you bring this people all the way across the Jordan to give us into the hand of the Amorite, to make us perish? If only we had been content to stay beyond the Jordan!

• Joshua 17:12

  But the sons of Manasseh could not dispossess those cities, and the Canaanite was determined to live in this land.

• Judges 1:27

  Manasseh did not dispossess Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; and the Canaanite was determined to live in this land.

• Judges 1:35

  The Amorite was determined to live in Mount Heres, in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim; but the hand of the house of Joseph weighed heavy, and they became forced labor.

• Judges 17:11

  And the Levite was willing to stay with the man, and the young man became to him like one of his sons.

• Judges 19:6

  So they sat down and ate, the two of them together, and drank; and the father of the young woman said to the man, “Please consent to spend the night, and let your heart be merry.”

• 1 Samuel 12:22

  For YHWH will not abandon his people for the sake of his great name, for YHWH has been pleased to make you a people for himself.

• 1 Samuel 17:39

  David fastened his sword over his garment and tried to walk, for he had not tested it. And David said to Saul, “I cannot walk in these, for I have not tested them.” And David removed them from himself.

• 2 Samuel 7:29

  And now, be pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may be forever before you; for you, Adonai YHWH, have spoken, and with your blessing let the house of your servant be blessed forever.”

• 2 Kings 5:23

  Naaman said, “Be pleased to take two talents.” He urged him, and tied up two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of clothes, and gave them to two of his young men, and they carried them before him.

• 2 Kings 6:3

  One said, “Be pleased, please, to go with your servants.” He said, “I will go.”

• 1 Chronicles 17:27

  And now, you have been pleased to bless the house of your servant, that it may be forever before you; for you, YHWH, have blessed, and it will be blessed forever.”

• Job 6:9

  that Eloah would be willing to crush me, that he would let loose his hand and cut me off.

• Job 6:28

  And now be willing to turn to me, and see if I lie to your face.

• Hosea 5:11

  Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he was determined to go after the command.