H3349 H3349
Obedience; used with both subjective genitive (obedience of peoples) and objective genitive (obedience to mother)
This rare feminine noun denotes the act or quality of obedience, appearing only twice in poetic contexts. In Genesis 49:10 it appears in Jacob's blessing of Judah, referring to "the obedience of the peoples" that will come to the Davidic ruler. In Proverbs 30:17, it describes the moral duty of obedience to one's mother. The word's flexibility with genitive constructions shows its capacity to express both who obeys and who is obeyed.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Found in Genesis 49:10 (Jacob's oracle) and Proverbs 30:17 (wisdom saying). The Genesis passage carries messianic weight in Jewish and Christian interpretation, referring to a future king to whom nations will submit. Multilingual glosses preserve both the subjective form (obedience of) and objective form (obedience to), reflecting the Hebrew construct chain's directional ambiguity in these contexts. 2×
AR["طَاعَةُ", "لِ-طاعَةِ-"]·ben["-বাধ্যতাকে-", "বাধ্যতা"]·DE["[ליקהת]", "der-Gehorsam"]·EN["obedience-of", "obedience-to"]·FR["obedience-de", "à-ליקהת"]·heb["יקהת", "ל-יקהת-"]·HI["आज्ञा-", "आज्ञाकारिता"]·ID["ketaatan", "ketaatan-kepada"]·IT["obedience-di", "per-obedience-a"]·jav["manut-dhateng", "pakempalan"]·KO["복종을", "복종함이다"]·PT["obediência-a-", "obediência-de"]·RU["повиновение", "послушание-"]·ES["la-obediencia-a-", "obediencia-de"]·SW["itakusanya", "utii-wa"]·TR["itaat", "itaatine-"]·urd["فرمانبرداری"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [יִקְהָה] n.f. obedience;—cstr. יִקְּהַת עַמִּים Gn 49:10 c. subject. genit. (Daghesh forte dirim. Ges§ 20, 2 b LagBN 82), לִיקְּהַת אֵם Pr 30:17 c. object. genit.