יָקֶה, (b. h.) pr. n. m., בן י׳ Ben Yakeh, an homiletical surname of king Solomon. Num. R. s. 10 בן י׳ שהקיא וכ׳ Solomon is named Ben Yakeh (a son of discharge) for he discharged (abandoned) the words of the Law, like a vessel which is filled in its time and emptied in its time; Koh. R. to I, 1; Cant. R. to I, 1.