A sure peg, a peg that shall not give way (יָתֵד נֶאֱמָן, יָתֵד שֶׁלֹּא תִּימּוֹט)

A sure peg, a peg that shall not give way

Figuratively: a secure hold; something that can be relied on; a sure support (in the original, yated means a large nail).

("I will fasten him as a peg in a sure place, and he shall be for a throne of glory to his father's house" - Isaiah 22:23)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

יָתֵד נֶאֱמָן, יָתֵד שֶׁלֹּא תִּימּוֹט

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: אֲחִיזָה בְּטוּחָה. דָּבָר שֶׁנִּיתָּן לִסְמֹוךְ עָלָיו. מִשְׁעֶנֶת בְּטוּחָה (בַּמָּקוֹר יָתֵד מַשְׁמָע מַסְמֵר גָּדוֹל).

("וּתְקַעְתִּיו יָתֵד בְּמָקוֹם נֶאֱמָן וְהָיָה לְכִסֵּא כָבוֹד לְבֵית אָבִיו"- יְשַׁעְיָהוּ כב כג)

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