- Original: יע - Transliteration: Ya` - Phonetic: yaw - Definition: 1. shovel - Origin: from H3261 - TWOT entry: 879a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H3261 ; a shovel: - shovel. Total KJV Occurrences: 9 • shovels, 9 Exodus 27:3; Exodus 38:3; Numbers 4:14; 1 Kings 7:40; 1 Kings 7:45; 2 Kings 25:14; 2 Chronicles 4:11; 2 Chronicles 4:16; Jeremiah 52:18