BDB3774 H3427
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יָשַׁב1090 verb sit, remain, dwell (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יְתֵיב, ; MI10; 31 ישב, Judg 1:8; Judg 1:19 וישב, Judg 1:13 ואשב, dwell; Phoenician ישב dwell; Zinjirli ישב sit DHMSendsch. 58; Assyrian ašâbu, sit, dwell, DlHWB 244; Arabic leap, jump, Himyer. dialect sit, Lane2919; Ethiopic II. 1 secum cohabitare facere, marry, consummate marriage, compare Hiph`il 4) — Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular
יָשַׁב Gen 13:12 +; 2 masculine singular
יָשַׁבְתָּ Judg 5:16,
וְיָשַׁבְתָּה נָ֑הּ consecutive
Deut 17:14 2 masculine plural
יְשַׁבְתֶּם Deut 1:46;
Lev 18:3,
וִישַׁבְתֶּם consecutive
Lev 25:18 + 7 t., etc.;
Imperfect יֵשֵׁב 1Sam 5:7 +,
יֵשֶׁבֿ Gen 44:33;
Ezek 44:3,
יֵ֫שֶׁב before monosyll.
1Kgs 7:8;
Job 22:8 וַיֵּ֫שֶׁב Gen 4:16 +;
וַיֵּשֶׁב֑ Ruth 4:1 1 singular
אֵשֵׁב Judg 6:18 +,
וָאֵשֵׁב Deut 9:9 + 3 t. +
Ezek 3:15b (but
Co אשׁר Kt);
אֵשְׁבָה 1Sam 27:5 אֵשֵׁבָ֑ה Isa 49:20 וָאֵשְׁבָה Ezek 9:3 3 masculine plural
יֵשְׁבוּ Gen 47:4 +; 3 feminine plural
תישׁבנה Ezek 35:9 Kt (i.e.
תֵּישַׁבְנָה Ol§ 242 d Köi. 401),
Qr תָּשׁוֺבְנָה (√
שׁוב),
Co proposes
תִּוָּשַׁבְנָה; 1 plural
נֵשֵׁב Jer 42:13;
Jer 42:14,
וַנֵּ֫שֶׁב Num 20:15 + 5 t.;
Imperative masculine singular
שֵׁב Gen 20:15 +,
שֶׁבֿ Gen 35:1 שְׁבָה Gen 27:19 +; feminine singular
שְׁבִי Gen 38:11 +; masculine plural
שְׁבוּ Gen 22:5 +, etc.;
Infinitive absolute יָשֹׁבֿ 1Sam 20:5 construct שֶׁ֫בֶת 1Sam 7:2 +;
שָׁ֑בֶת Isa 40:22 +; suffix
שִׁבְתִּי 2Sam 7:5 +, etc.;
Participle masculine
י(וֺ)שׁב Gen 4:20;
Gen 24:3 +, etc.; feminine
ישְׁבָה Nah 3:8 י(וֺ)שֶׁבֶת Judg 4:5 +;
י(וֺ)שָׁ֑בֶת Josh 2:5;
2Kgs 4:13 ישַׁבְתְּ֯י Jer 22:23,
י(וֺ)שֶׁבֶת֯י Jer 10:17;
Lam 4:21;
Ezek 27:3 (
Kt preferable in all these, see
Ol§ 123 d Ges«GKC:90»§ 90. 3
a); feminine plural
ישְׁבוֺת 1Sam 27:8 —
1. a. sit on (
עַל) a seat
1Sam 20:25, stone
Exod 17:12, teraphim
Gen 31:34, couch
Gen 48:2 (all
E),
Ezek 23:41, knees
2Kgs 4:20, throne
Exod 11:5;
Exod 12:29 (
J),
Deut 17:18;
1Sam 1:9;
1Sam 4:13;
1Kgs 1:13;
1Kgs 1:17;
1Kgs 1:20 +, see absolute below; of
׳י,
הַיּשֵׁב עַלחֿוּג הָאֶרֶץ Isa 40:22 dust
Isa 47:1, ground (
אֶרֶץ)
Ezek 26:16, ashes
Jonah 3:6 (these in token of humiliation);
sit down by (
עַל) a well
Exod 2:15 or pool
2Sam 2:13 with
אֶל 1Sam 28:23 sit in (
ב) house, street, doorway, assembly, etc.
2Sam 7:1;
Judg 19:15;
Gen 38:14 (
J),
Jer 15:17;
Jer 26:10;
Ps 1:1;
Song 2:3 so
Ezek 31:6;
Ezek 31:17 (figurative); of No of Amon (personified city)
הַיּשְׁבָה בַּיְאֹרִים Nah 3:8 she who sate amid the rivers; with
לְ sit on to (pregnantly)
לָאָרֶץ Isa 3:26;
Isa 47:1;
Lam 2:10,
לְכִסֵּא Ps 9:5,
at,
לְפֶתַח בית Prov 9:14,
לִימִינוֺ(יׅ 1Kgs 2:19;
Ps 110:1 לַמַּבּוּל Ps 29:10 with
לִפְנֵי Gen 43:33 (
J), +
שָׁם Judg 20:26;
Judg 21:2;
2Sam 7:18 =
1Chr 17:16 with
עִם 1Sam 20:5;
Prov 31:22 with
אֶתֿ Jer 16:8;
Job 2:13 with
תַּחַת Judg 6:11;
Mic 4:4,
וַיֵּשֶׁב תַּחְתֶּיהָ בַּצֵּל Jonah 4:5 with
מִנֶּגֶד Gen 21:16 (twice in verse) (
E),
נֶגֶד Isa 47:14,
מִקֶּדֶם לָעִיר Jonah 4:5 מִצַּד 1Sam 20:25;
Ruth 2:14 with accusative of congnate meaning with verb
Ezek 28:2 לִשְׁפֹּט Exod 18:13;
Joel 4:12 (compare
Ps 9:5;
Isa 28:6); hence absolute of
sitting as
king or
judge Exod 18:14;
Ps 61:8;
Mal 3:3,
יושׁבים Isa 10:13, perhaps
Amos 1:5;
Amos 1:8, especially of
׳י sitting (enthroned),
Ps 2:4;
Ps 9:8;
Ps 29:10;
Ps 55:20;
Ps 102:13;
Lam 5:19, so in
ישֵׁב (הַ)כְּרוּבִים 1Sam 4:4;
2Sam 6:2 =
1Chr 13:6;
2Kgs 19:15;
Ps 99:1 ישֵׁב תְּהִלּוֺת יִשְׂרָאֵל Ps 22:4 (see with
עַל, above); by meton. of thrones, for the judges sitting on them
שָׁמָּה יָָֽשְׁבוּ כִסְאוֺת לְמִשְׁפָּט Ps 122:5 הַיּשְׁבִים Ruth 4:14, i.e. in the gate (compare v
Ruth 4:11), those in whose presence purchase of land took place.
b. sit, sit down, absolute,
Judg 19:6;
Ruth 4:1;
Ruth 4:2;
Neh 1:4;
Jer 36:15 (followed by clause of purpose,
to eat, etc.)
Gen 37:25;
Esth 3:15 +; opposed to
קוּם Exod 32:6 (
JE)
Ps 139:2,
מְאַחֲרֵי שֶׁבֶת Ps 127:2 (opposed to
מַשְׁכִּימֵי קוּם); so
Isa 37:28 =
2Kgs 19:27 (read
לְפָנַי קֻמְךָ at end of v
2Kgs 19:27 =
2Kgs 19:26 We in
BlEinl. 4, 257 Rs
Proph. 351, and n. 9); but also
קוּמִי שְׁבִי Isa 52:2, explained by (
וַיָּקָם מֵהָאָרֶץ וַיֵּשֶׁב אֶלהַֿמִּטָּה 1Sam 28:23 and)
2Sam 19:9.
c. sit down outside (
חוּץ), i.e. perform a necessity of nature
Deut 23:14.
d. sit =
be set (as a jewel),
ישְׁבוֺתּ עַלמִֿלֵּאת Song 5:12 set on a filling (i.e. in a setting,
De and others), in description of eyes; (> others
sitting by full streams).
2. a. remain, stay, tarry (for a limited or indefinite time), with
אֶת person
Gen 24:55 (
J),
Judg 19:4;
2Sam 16:8 with
עִם person
Gen 27:44 (
J),
עִמָּדִי Gen 29:19 (
E),
Judg 17:10 with
בְ local
1Sam 7:2 (of ark),
1Sam 13:16;
1Sam 14:2;
1Sam 24:4 (
1Sam 23:25 read
אֲשֶׁר for
וַיֵּשֶׁב ᵐ5 We Dr Klo Kit Bu),
2Sam 10:5;
2Sam 19:25 (where read
שִׁבְתּוֺ for
שִׁיבָתוֺ Dr Klo Bu, see
We),
Num 35:25 (
P),
Job 24:13 with
שָׁם 1Kgs 11:16,
שָׁם עַדעֿוֺלָם 1Sam 1:22 with
על (
by)
1Sam 25:13;
1Sam 30:24 פֹּה 2Kgs 7:4 שְׁבוּ לָכֶם פֹּה עִםֿ הַחֲמוֺר Gen 22:5 (
E); with
בֵּין Judg 5:16,
מִחוּץ לְ Lev 14:8 (
P),
אֵצֶל 1Sam 20:19 with accusative
בית 2Sam 6:11;
2Sam 13:20;
Ruth 2:7 absolute
1Sam 1:23 (twice in verse);
abide, endure Mic 5:3,
וְיהוּדָה לְעוֺלָם תֵּשֵׁב Joel 4:20, so of Mt. Zion
Ps 121:1.
b. with special emphasis on qualifying phrase,
וַתֵּשֶׁב בְּאֵיתָן קַשְׁתּוֺ Gen 49:24 and his bow abode as a firm one (poem in
J);
1Kgs 22:1 and they continued three years without war; of woman
remaining בִּדְמֵי טָהֳרָה Lev 12:4,
׳עלדֿמי וגו v
Lev 12:5.
3. dwell, have one's abode in (
ב) a land, city, house, etc.,
Gen 4:16;
Gen 13:7;
Gen 13:12 (twice in verse);
Gen 19:29;
Gen 24:37;
Gen 24:62;
Deut 1:4;
Deut 3:2;
Josh 20:6;
2Sam 7:6 + often (on
2Sam 21:16 see
ישׁבו בְנֹב, p. 444); in tents
Jer 35:7;
Jer 35:10;
1Chr 5:10 figurative of justice (
צְדָקָה)
Isa 32:16 (||
וְשָׁכֵן מִשְׁפָּט); in the midst of (
בְּקֶרֶב)
Gen 24:3;
Josh 13:13;
Josh 16:10;
Judg 1:30;
Judg 1:32;
Judg 1:33;
Judg 3:5 so with
בְּתוֺךְ Gen 23:10 (
P); with
עַל +
הארץ, of God
1Kgs 8:27 =
2Chr 6:18 of people
Lev 25:18;
Lev 25:19;
Lev 26:35 (
H); with
לְ Job 15:28 with
בֵּין Gen 20:1 (
E);
dwell with (
אֶת)
Gen 34:16;
Gen 34:22 (
P),
Exod 2:21 (
E),
Josh 15:63 (
JE),
Judg 1:16;
Judg 1:21;
Judg 17:11 יֵשְׁבוּ יְשָׁרִים אֶתפָּֿנֶיךָ Ps 140:14 so with
עִם Josh 20:4;
Deut 23:17 (+
בקרב),
Ps 26:4 (i.e.
assoc. with); with
יַחְדָּו Gen 13:6 (twice in verse) (
J),
Gen 36:7 (
P),
Deut 25:5 שֶׁבֶת גַּםיָֿ֑חַד Ps 133:1 dwell in their stead (
תַּחְתָּם)
Deut 2:12 (twice in verse);
Deut 2:22;
Deut 2:23;
1Chr 4:41;
1Chr 5:22 absolute
לָשֶׁבֶת יְצָרָהּ Isa 45:18 for dwelling he formed it (the earth); (
thy)
dwelling-place is
מְקוֺם שִׁבְתְּךָ 1Kgs 8:30 =
2Chr 6:21, also
׳מְכוֺן שׁ 1Kgs 8:39;
1Kgs 8:43;
1Kgs 8:49 =
2Chr 6:30;
2Chr 6:33;
2Chr 6:39, so
Ps 33:14 ׳מָכוֺן לְש֔ Exod 15:17;
1Kgs 8:13 =
2Chr 6:2.
Participle ישֵׁב = substantive,
dweller, inhabitant, very often (c. 215 t.): e.g.
ישֵׁב אהלים Gen 25:27 (
J); often collective
ישֵׁב אהל Gen 4:20 (
J),
ישׁב הָאָרֶץ Gen 34:30;
Gen 50:11 (both
J),
Exod 34:12;
Exod 34:15 (
JE); also in poetry f., (as collective; see
Dr on
1Sam 17:21)
יוֺשֶׁבֶת שָׁפִיר etc.,
MI 1Sam 1:11 (twice in verse);
1Sam 1:12;
1Sam 1:13;
1Sam 1:15 יוֺשֶׁבֶת צִיּוֺן Isa 12:6;
Jer 51:35 similarly
Jer 10:17;
Jer 21:23;
Jer 48:19 (compare
Lam 4:21)
Zech 2:11 with
בת in app. (
Da§28 R. 6),
יוֺשֶׁבֶת בַּתמִֿצְרַיִם Jer 46:19, so
Jer 48:18 more usually plural
ישְׁבֵי הֶעָרִים Gen 19:25 (
J), compare
Deut 13:14 ישְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ Exod 23:21 (
JE), compare
Exod 15:14;
Exod 15:15 (poem in
E);
ישְׁבֵי תֵבֵל Isa 18:3,
יוֺשְׁבֵי חָ֑דֶל Isa 38:11, etc.;
ישְׁבֶיהָ Lev 18:25;
Lev 25:10 (
H),
Num 13:32 (
P); absolute
יוֺשֵׁב (collective)
Amos 1:5;
Amos 1:8;
Isa 49:19 הַיוֺשְׁבִים 1Chr 9:2 also (strangely)
ישְׁבוֺת הארץ 1Sam 27:8 =
the populations of the land We Dr (elsewhere in this sense only feminine singular and in poetry, see above); frequently in phrase
without in habitant (i.e. so that there shall be no inhabitants),
מֵאֵין ישׁב Isa 5:9;
Isa 6:4;
Isa 26:9;
Isa 33:10;
Isa 34:23;
Jer 44:22;
Jer 46:19;
Jer 51:29;
Jer 51:37;
Zeph 2:5;
Zeph 3:6 מֵאֵין יוֺשֵׁב בָּהֶן Jer 48:9 מִבְּלִי ישֵׁב Jer 2:15;
Jer 9:10 לאֹ יִהְיֶה יוֺשֵב בָּהּ Jer 50:3 לְבִלְתִּי הֱיוֺתבּֿוֺ יוֺשֵׁב Jer 51:62.
4. of a land or city,
sit, abide seated in its place, figurative for
be inhabited Jer 17:6;
Jer 17:25;
Jer 50:13;
Jer 50:39;
Ezek 26:20;
Ezek 29:11;
Ezek 36:35;
Isa 13:20 (||
לאֹ תִּשְׁכּוֺן),
Zech 2:8;
Zech 9:5;
Zech 14:11 יָָֽשְׂבָה תַּחְתֶּיהָ Zech 12:6;
Zech 14:10;
Ezek 35:9 Kt is
תישׁבנה,
Qr תָּשׁוֺבְנָה;
Co תושׁבנה, i.e. Niph`al
תִּוָּשַׁבְנָה (compare
Ezek 36:10), or Hoph`al
תּוּשַׁבְנָה (compare
Isa 44:26); of palace,
וְאַרְמוֺן עַלמִֿשְׁפָּטוֺ יֵשֵׁב Jer 30:18.
Niph`al Perfect 3 feminine singular
נוֺשָׁ֑בָה Jer 6:8 3 plural
וְנָֽשְׁבוּ consecutive
Ezek 36:10,
נוֺשָׂ֑בוּ Ezek 26:19,
נוֺשָׁ֑בֻ֯ה Jer 22:6 Participle feminine
נוֺשֶׁבֶת Ezek 26:17 ( <
נִשְׁבַּתְּ ᵐ5 Co, √
שׁבת),
נוֺשָׁ֑בֶת Exod 16:35 plural
נוֺשָׁבוֺת Ezek 12:20;
Ezek 38:12 —
be inhabited, of land
Exod 16:35 (perhaps =
be habitable),
Jer 6:8 of cities
Jer 22:6;
Ezek 12:20;
Ezek 26:19;
Ezek 36:10 חֳרָבוֺת נוֺשָׁבוֺת Ezek 38:12 —
Ezek 26:17 see above;
Ezek 35:9 see
Qal 4. Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine plural
וְיִשְּׁבוּ טִירוֺתֵיהֶם בָּ֑ךְ Ezek 25:4 and they shall set their encampments in thee (
ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Co וְיֵשְׁבוּ inhabit.
Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular
השִׁיב Ezra 10:14, suffix
הוֺשַׁיבַנִי Lam 3:6;
Ps 143:3 1 singular
הוֺשַׁבְתִּי Lev 23:33,
וְה(וֺ)שַׁבְתִּים consecutive
Hos 11:11;
Jer 32:37 וְהוֺשְׁבוֺתִים consecutive
Zech 10:6 (
Köi, 413; but probably text error, see
Thes and
GesLgb 464; read probably
וַהֲשִׁבוֺתִים as v
Zech 10:10, so
StaZAW. 1881, 21 We), etc.;
Imperfect 3 masculine singular
וַיּוֺשֵׁב Gen 47:11,
וַיּוֺ֫שֶׁב 2Chr 8:2;
Ps 107:36 suffix
וַיּוֺשִׁיבַי֯נִי 1Kgs 2:24 (
Köi, 414. 224);
וַיּשִׁיבֵם Job 36:7 1 plural
ונּ֫שֶׁב Ezra 10:2, etc.;
Imperative masculine singular
הוֺשֵׁב Gen 47:6 masculine plural
ה(וֺ)שִׁיבוּ 1Kgs 21:9;
1Kgs 21:10 Infinitive construct ה(וֺ)שִׁיב 1Sam 2:8;
Neh 13:27 הוֺשִׁיבִי Ps 113:8 (
Ol§ 123 d; read
בוֺ-, see
Che);
Participle absolute
מוֺשִׁיב Ps 68:7, construct
מוֺשִׁיבִי Ps 113:9 (
Oll.c. Gesl.c.); —
2. cause to abide (accusative of person)
at (
ב)
1Sam 30:21.
4. marry (properly
give a dwelling to, compare
Ps 113:9), only Ezra Nehemiah, and only with accusative
נָשִׁים נָכְרִיּוֺת strange or
foreign women Ezra 10:2;
Ezra 10:10;
Ezra 10:14;
Ezra 10:17;
Ezra 10:18;
Neh 13:27 so
השִׁיבוּ נָשִׁים אַשְׁדֳּו֯דִיּוֺת Neh 13:23.
Hoph`al Perfect וְהוּשַׁבְתֶּם לְבַדְּכֶם בְּקֶרֶב הָאָ֑רֶץ Isa 5:8 and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land. Imperfect הָאֹמֵר לִירוּשָׁלַםִ תּוּשָׁב֑ Isa 44:26 he who saith of Jerusalem, she shall be inhabited. Ezek 35:9 see
Qal 4.
BDB9601 H3488 H3427
BDB9600 | BIBLICAL ARAMAIC | BDB9602
יְתִב (K§ 25 a) β)) verb sit, dwell (ᵑ7 Syriac; see Biblical Hebrew ישׁב); — Pe`al 1. sit, be seated:
Perfect 3 masculine singular
יְתִב Dan 7:9 and (of judgment = the judge) v
Dan 7:10, so
Imperfect 3 masculine singular
יִתִּ֑ב (
K§ 43.1.Beisp. b), compare Biblical Hebrew
יֵשֵׁב)
Dan 7:26.
2. dwell, Participle plural absolute
יָתְבִין Ezra 4:17 (
ב location).
Haph`el cause to dwell: Perfect 3 masculine singular
הוֺתֵב Ezra 4:10 (accusative +
ב location).