יִקָּהָה

yikaha · obedience

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3349 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

yikaha (יִקָּהָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “obedience”.

It occurs only in Genesis 49:10 and Proverbs 30:17.

How to say it

yi·ka·ha

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. Submitting to someone and heeding what they say.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

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

Where it appears

  • Genesis 49:10

    The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes, and to him will be the obedience of the peoples.

  • Proverbs 30:17

    The eye that mocks a father and despises obedience to a mother, the ravens of the valley will pick it out, and the young of the eagle will eat it.