STRONGS H3001:
Abbreviations
† I. יָבֵשׁ verb be dry, dried up, withered (Late Hebrew
id. (rare),
יְבֵישׁ, chiefly Pa. Ithp., Syriac
; Sabean, Palmyrene derivatives; Arabic
; Ethiopic
) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular יָבֵשׁ Joshua 9:5 +
8 times;
וְיָבֵשׁ consecutive
Isaiah 19:5+
4 times;
3rd person feminine singular יָֽֽֽבְשָׁה Genesis 8:14;
3rd person plural יָֽֽֽבְשׁוּ Jeremiah 23:10 +
2 times;
יָבֵ֑שׁוּ Jeremiah 50:38 +
2 times;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִבַשׁ Isaiah 19:7;
יִיבָ֑שׁ Jeremiah 12:4;
Job 8:12;
וַיִּיבַשׁ 1 Kings 17:7;
וַיִּיבָ֑שׁ Jonah 4:7;
3rd person feminine singular תִּיבַשׁ Ezekiel 17:10;
תִּיבָ֑שׁ Ezekiel 17:10 +
3 times, etc.;
Infinitive construct (בִּ)יבשׁ Isaiah 27:11;
יְבשֶׁת Genesis 8:7;
absolute יָבוֺשׁ Zechariah 11:17;
יָבשׁ Eccl 17:10; —
1. be dry, dried up without moisture:
a. of bread Joshua 9:5, 12 (JE).
b. of ground lacking rain Amos 4:7, compare Amos 1:2 (of Carmel at utterance of י׳'s voice), Jeremiah 23:10.
c. of earth after the flood Genesis 8:14 (P), compare חָרֵב
d. of grass, herbage, trees and crops (already implied in b. = wither Isaiah 15:6; Isaiah 19:7; Isaiah 27:11; Jeremiah 12:4; Job 8:12; Joel 1:12; Jonah 4:7; in simile of shortness of life Psalm 90:6; Psalm 102:12; Psalm 129:6, see also Isaiah 40:7, 8 (in these two || נָבֵל); of heart under figure of grass Psalm 102:5; of Judah under figure of vine Ezekiel 17:9 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 17:10 (3 times in verse), compare Ezekiel 19:12; of princes under figure of tree Isaiah 40:24; of roots of Ephraim under figure of tree Hosea 9:16, so of roots of wicked Job 18:16.
e. of hand, arm, dry up, wither, as judgment from י׳, 1 Kings 13:4; Zechariah 11:17 (twice in verse); in distress יָבֵשׁ כַּחֶרֶשׁ כֹּחִי Psalm 22:16 my strength is dried up like the potsherd; of skin Lamentations 4:8, and (figurative) of bones Ezekiel 37:11.
2. be dried up: of water Genesis 8:7 (J), Isaiah 19:5; 1 Kings 17:7; Jeremiah 50:38; Joel 1:20; Job 12:15; Job 14:11.
Pi. make dry, dry up, only
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix
וַיַּבְּשֵׁהוּ Nahum 1:4 and hath made it dry (
י׳, the sea);
3rd person feminine singular תְּיַבֵּשׁ Job 15:30 the flame
shall dry up his branches (figurative of wicked); figurative
תְּיַבֶּשׁנָּֿ֑רֶם Proverbs 17:22 a broken spirit
maketh dry (
the)
bones.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הוֺבִישׁ Joshua 2:10 +
3 times +
Joel 1:10 (see below);
חֹבִישׁ Ezekiel 19:12 +
2 times Joel (see below);
3rd person feminine singular הוֺבִישָׁה Joel 1:12 (see below);
2nd person masculine singular הוֺבַשְׁתָּ Psalm 74:15;
1st person singular הוֺבַשְׁתִּי Ezekiel 17:24;
וְהוֺבַשְׁתִּ֫י Jeremiah 51:36;
3rd person plural וְהֹבִישׁוּ consecutive
Zechariah 10:11;
Imperfect 1st person singular אוֺבִישׁ Isaiah 42:15 (twice in verse);
Isaiah 44:27; —
dry up, make dry:
1. dry up water, י׳ subject, Joshua 2:10; Joshua 4:23 (twice in verse); Joshua 5:1 (all D), Jeremiah 51:36 (|| הֶחֱרִיב), Isaiah 42:15; Isaiah 44:27 (חֳרָבִי in || clause), Psalm 74:15.
2. make dry, wither: herbage, trees, crops, etc., of י׳, Isaiah 42:15 (|| החריב); object Babylon under figure of tree Ezekiel 17:24; of east wind's drying up Judah's fruit Ezekiel 19:12.
3. exhibit dryness: of river-deeps laid bare Zechariah 10:11. — In like manner might be taken Joel 1:10, 12 (twice in verse); Joel 1:17, if from יבשׁ; but the sense would be difficult, especially in Joel 1:10; Joel 1:12, and הֹבִישׁוּ Joel 1:11 must be from בּוֺשׁ, to which all these cases in Joel may be consistently assigned; see בּוֺשׁ.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Genesis
8:7; 8:7; 8:14; 8:14
Joshua
2:10; 2:10; 4:23; 5:1; 9:5; 9:5; 9:12
1 Kings
13:4; 17:7; 17:7
Job
8:12; 8:12; 12:15; 14:11; 15:30; 18:16
Psalms
22:16; 74:15; 74:15; 90:6; 102:5; 102:12; 129:6
Proverbs
17:22
Isaiah
15:6; 19:5; 19:5; 19:7; 19:7; 27:11; 27:11; 40:7; 40:8; 40:24; 42:15; 42:15; 42:15; 44:27; 44:27
Jeremiah
12:4; 12:4; 23:10; 23:10; 50:38; 50:38; 51:36; 51:36
Lamentations
4:8
Ezekiel
17:9; 17:10; 17:10; 17:10; 17:24; 17:24; 19:12; 19:12; 19:12; 37:11
Hosea
9:16
Joel
1:10; 1:10; 1:10; 1:11; 1:12; 1:12; 1:12; 1:12; 1:17; 1:20
Amos
1:2; 4:7
Jonah
4:7; 4:7
Nahum
1:4
Zechariah
10:11; 10:11; 11:17; 11:17