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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - יָשַׁב

יָשַׁב

H3427

Transliteration: yâshab

Pronunciation: yaw-shab'

Definition: abide


Original: ישׁב

Transliteration: yâshab

Phonetic: yaw-shab'

BDB Definition:

  1. to dwell, remain, sit, abide
    1. (Qal)
      1. to sit, sit down
      2. to be set
      3. to remain, stay
      4. to dwell, have one's abode
    2. (Niphal) to be inhabited
    3. (Piel) to set, place
    4. (Hiphil)
      1. to cause to sit
      2. to cause to abide, set
      3. to cause to dwell
      4. to cause (cities) to be inhabited
      5. to marry (give an dwelling to)
    5. (Hophal)
      1. to be inhabited
      2. to make to dwell

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 922

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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