יָשַׁב

ya.shav · to dwell

Hebrew · Strong's H3427 · Verb · Sounds like: yaw-shab' · 1,079 occurrences

Word meanings

Strong's dictionary

a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
יָשַׁב 1090 vb. sit, remain, dwell
Qal
1.
a. sit
b. sit, sit down
c. sit down
d. sit = be set (as a jewel)
2.
a. remain, stay, tarry
b. with special emphasis of qualifying phr.
3. dwell, have one’s abode
4. of a land or city, sit, abide, seated in its place, fig. for be inhabited
Niph. be inhabited, of land
Pi. and they shall set their encampments in thee
Hiph.
1. cause to sit
2. cause to abide
3.
a. cause to dwell
b. cause cities to be inhabited
4. marry (prop. give a dwelling to)
Hoph. and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land

Every occurrence

  1. Micah 1:11 יוֹשֶׁ֥בֶת yo.She.vet · An -ing word: simple action

    Pass away, O inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame: the inhabitant of Zaanan is not come forth; the wailing of Beth-ezel shall take from you the stay thereof.

  2. Micah 1:11 יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת yo.She.vet · An -ing word: simple action

    Pass away, O inhabitant of Shaphir, in nakedness and shame: the inhabitant of Zaanan is not come forth; the wailing of Beth-ezel shall take from you the stay thereof.

  3. Micah 1:12 יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת yo.She.vet · An -ing word: simple action

    For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.

  4. Micah 1:13 יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת yo.She.vet · An -ing word: simple action

    Bind the chariot to the swift steed, O inhabitant of Lachish: she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

  5. Micah 1:15 יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת yo.She.vet · An -ing word: simple action

    I will yet bring unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah, him that shall possess thee: the glory of Israel shall come even unto Adullam.

  6. Micah 4:4 וְיָשְׁב֗וּ ve.ya.she.Vu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of Jehovah of hosts hath spoken it.

  7. Micah 5:4 וְיָשָׁ֕בוּ ve.ya.Sha.vu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    And he shall stand, and shall feed his flock in the strength of Jehovah, in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God: and they shall abide; for now shall he be great unto the ends of the earth.

  8. Micah 6:12 וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ ve.yo.she.Vei.ha · An -ing word: simple action

    For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

  9. Micah 6:16 וְיֹשְׁבֶ֙יהָ֙ ve.yo.she.Vei.ha · An -ing word: simple action

    For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab, and ye walk in their counsels; that I may make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing: and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.

  10. Micah 7:8 אֵשֵׁ֣ב 'e.Shev · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me.

  11. Micah 7:13 יֹֽשְׁבֶ֑יהָ yo.she.Vei.ha · An -ing word: simple action

    Yet shall the land be desolate because of them that dwell therein, for the fruit of their doings.

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