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יָרַשׁ

ya.rashto possess: possessHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb231 occurrences27 books204 verses

Definition

or יָרֵשׁ; a primitive root; to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
Traditional renderings: cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, × without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, × utterly.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יָרַשׁ:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

231 total
  1. Genesis 15:3יוֹרֵ֥שׁ · will be my heir
    Abram continued, “Behold, You have given me no offspring, so a servant in my household will be my heir.”
  2. Genesis 15:4יִֽירָשְׁךָ֖ · be your heir; יִֽירָשֶֽׁךָ׃ · will be your heir
    Then the word of the LORD came to Abram, saying, “This one will not be your heir, but one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”
  3. Genesis 15:7לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ · to possess
    The LORD also told him, “I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
  4. Genesis 15:8אִֽירָשֶֽׁנָּה׃ · I will possess it
    But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?”
  5. Genesis 21:10יִירַשׁ֙ · share in the inheritance
    …and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”
  6. Genesis 22:17וְיִרַ֣שׁ · will possess
    I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.
  7. Genesis 24:60וְיִירַ֣שׁ · possess
    And they blessed Rebekah and said to her, “Our sister, may you become the mother of thousands upon thousands. May your offspring possess the gates of their enemies.”
  8. Genesis 28:4לְרִשְׁתְּךָ֙ · so that you may possess
    And may He give the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants, so that you may possess the land where you dwell as a foreigner, the land God gave to Abraham.”
  9. Genesis 45:11תִּוָּרֵ֛שׁ · will come to destitution
    And there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’
  10. Exodus 15:9תּוֹרִישֵׁ֖מוֹ · will destroy them
    The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
  11. Exodus 34:24אוֹרִ֤ישׁ · I will drive out
    For I will drive out the nations before you and enlarge your borders, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times a year to appear before the LORD your God.
  12. Leviticus 20:24תִּֽירְשׁ֣וּ · will inherit; לָרֶ֣שֶׁת · as an inheritance
    But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.
  13. Leviticus 25:46לָרֶ֣שֶׁת · you to inherit
    You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.
  14. Numbers 13:30וְיָרַ֣שְׁנוּ · and take possession of
    Then Caleb quieted the people before Moses and said, “We must go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly conquer it!”
  15. Numbers 14:12וְאוֹרִשֶׁ֑נּוּ · and destroy them
    I will strike them with a plague and destroy them—and I will make you into a nation greater and mightier than they are.”
  16. Numbers 14:24יוֹרִשֶֽׁנָּה׃ · will inherit it
    But because My servant Caleb has a different spirit and has followed Me wholeheartedly, I will bring him into the land he has entered, and his descendants will inherit it.
  17. Numbers 21:24וַיִּירַ֨שׁ · and took possession of
    And Israel put him to the sword and took possession of his land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok—but only up to the border of the Ammonites, because it was fortified.
  18. Numbers 21:32וַיִּירֶשׁ · and drove out
    After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, Israel captured its villages and drove out the Amorites who were there.
  19. Numbers 21:35וַיִּֽירְשׁ֖וּ · And they took possession of
    So they struck down Og, along with his sons and his whole army, until no remnant was left. And they took possession of his land.
  20. Numbers 27:11וְיָרַ֣שׁ · that he may take possession of it
    And if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the next of kin from his clan, that he may take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites, as the LORD has commanded Moses.’”
  21. Numbers 32:21הוֹרִישׁ֛וֹ · He has driven
    …and if every one of your armed men crosses the Jordan before the LORD, until He has driven His enemies out before Him,
  22. Numbers 32:39וַיּ֖וֹרֶשׁ · and drove out
    The descendants of Machir son of Manasseh went to Gilead, captured it, and drove out the Amorites who were there.
  23. Numbers 33:52וְה֨וֹרַשְׁתֶּ֜ם · you must drive out
    …you must drive out before you all the inhabitants of the land, destroy all their carved images and cast idols, and demolish all their high places.
  24. Numbers 33:53וְהוֹרַשְׁתֶּ֥ם · You are to take possession of; לָרֶ֥שֶׁת · to possess
    You are to take possession of the land and settle in it, for I have given you the land to possess.
  25. Numbers 33:55תוֹרִ֜ישׁוּ · drive out
    But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you in the land where you settle.
  26. Numbers 36:8יֹרֶ֣שֶׁת · who possesses; יִֽירְשׁוּ֙ · will possess
    Every daughter who possesses an inheritance from any Israelite tribe must marry within a clan of the tribe of her father, so that every Israelite will possess the inheritance of his fathers.
  27. Deuteronomy 1:8וּרְשׁ֣וּ · and possess
    See, I have placed the land before you. Enter and possess the land that the LORD swore He would give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants after them.”
  28. Deuteronomy 1:21רֵ֗שׁ · and take possession of
    See, the LORD your God has placed the land before you. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has told you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”
  29. Deuteronomy 1:39יִירָשֽׁוּהָּ׃ · will possess it
    And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.
  30. Deuteronomy 2:12יִֽירָשׁ֗וּם · drove them out
    The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)
  31. Deuteronomy 2:21וַיִּירָשֻׁ֖ם · who drove them out
    They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,
  32. Deuteronomy 2:22וַיִּֽירָשֻׁם֙ · They drove them out
    …just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.
  33. Deuteronomy 2:24רָ֑שׁ · to take possession of it
    “Arise, set out, and cross the Arnon Valley. See, I have delivered into your hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land. Begin to take possession of it and engage him in battle.
  34. Deuteronomy 2:31רָ֔שׁ · to conquer; לָרֶ֖שֶׁת · and possess
    Then the LORD said to me, “See, I have begun to deliver Sihon and his land over to you. Now begin to conquer and possess his land.”
  35. Deuteronomy 3:12יָרַ֖שְׁנוּ · we took possession of
    So at that time we took possession of this land. To the Reubenites and Gadites I gave the land beyond Aroer along the Arnon Valley, and half the hill country of Gilead, along with its cities.
  36. Deuteronomy 3:18לְרִשְׁתָּ֔הּ · to possess
    At that time I commanded you: “The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of valor are to cross over, armed for battle, ahead of your brothers, the Israelites.
  37. Deuteronomy 3:20וְיָרְשׁ֣וּ · have taken possession of
    …until the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you, and they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to the possession I have given you.”
  38. Deuteronomy 4:1וִֽירִשְׁתֶּ֣ם · and take possession
    Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
  39. Deuteronomy 4:5לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ · and possess
    See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
  40. Deuteronomy 4:14לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ · to possess
    At that time the LORD commanded me to teach you the statutes and ordinances you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
  41. Deuteronomy 4:22וִֽירִשְׁתֶּ֕ם · and take possession of
    For I will not be crossing the Jordan, because I must die in this land. But you shall cross over and take possession of that good land.
  42. Deuteronomy 4:26לְרִשְׁתָּ֑הּ · to possess
    I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
  43. Deuteronomy 4:38לְהוֹרִ֗ישׁ · to drive out
    …to drive out before you nations greater and mightier than you, and to bring you into their land and give it to you for your inheritance, as it is this day.
  44. Deuteronomy 4:47וַיִּֽירְשׁ֨וּ · They took possession
    They took possession of the land belonging to Sihon and to Og king of Bashan—the two Amorite kings across the Jordan to the east—
  45. Deuteronomy 5:31לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃ · to possess
    But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”