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. Numbers 22:19 שְׁב֨וּ she.Vu · A command to all of you: simple action

    Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye also here this night, that I may know what Jehovah will speak unto me more.

  2. Numbers 25:1 וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Israel abode in Shittim; and the people began to play the harlot with the daughters of Moab:

  3. Numbers 32:6 תֵּ֥שְׁבוּ Te.she.vu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    And Moses said unto the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, Shall your brethren go to the war, and shall ye sit here?

  4. Numbers 32:17 וְיָשַׁ֤ב ve.ya.Shav · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

  5. Numbers 32:17 יֹשְׁבֵ֥י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    but we ourselves will be ready armed to go before the children of Israel, until we have brought them unto their place: and our little ones shall dwell in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.

  6. Numbers 32:40 וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב vai.Ye.shev · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Moses gave Gilead unto Machir the son of Manasseh; and he dwelt therein.

  7. Numbers 33:40 יֹשֵׁ֥ב yo.Shev · An -ing word: simple action

    And the Canaanite, the king of Arad, who dwelt in the South in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.

  8. Numbers 33:52 יֹשְׁבֵ֤י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    then ye shall drive out all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and destroy all their figured stones, and destroy all their molten images, and demolish all their high places:

  9. Numbers 33:53 וִֽישַׁבְתֶּם־ vi.shav.tem- · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you

    and ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein; for unto you have I given the land to possess it.

  10. Numbers 33:55 יֹשְׁבֵ֣י yo.she.Vei · An -ing word: simple action

    But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then shall those that ye let remain of them be as pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in your sides, and they shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

  11. Numbers 33:55 יֹשְׁבִ֥ים yo.she.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you, then shall those that ye let remain of them be as pricks in your eyes, and as thorns in your sides, and they shall vex you in the land wherein ye dwell.

  12. Numbers 35:2 לָשָׁ֑בֶת la.Sha.vet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and suburbs for the cities round about them shall ye give unto the Levites.

  13. Numbers 35:3 לָשָׁ֑בֶת la.Sha.vet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And the cities shall they have to dwell in; and their suburbs shall be for their cattle, and for their substance, and for all their beasts.

  14. Numbers 35:25 וְיָ֣שַׁב ve.Ya.shav · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    and the congregation shall deliver the manslayer out of the hand of the avenger of blood, and the congregation shall restore him to his city of refuge, whither he was fled: and he shall dwell therein until the death of the high priest, who was anointed with the holy oil.

  15. Numbers 35:28 יֵשֵׁ֔ב ye.Shev · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    because he should have remained in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest: but after the death of the high priest the manslayer shall return into the land of his possession.

  16. Numbers 35:32 לָשֶׁ֣בֶת la.She.vet · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And ye shall take no ransom for him that is fled to his city of refuge, that he may come again to dwell in the land, until the death of the priest.

  17. Numbers 35:34 יֹשְׁבִ֣ים yo.she.Vim · An -ing word: simple action

    And thou shalt not defile the land which ye inhabit, in the midst of which I dwell: for I, Jehovah, dwell in the midst of the children of Israel.

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