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יָשַׁב

ya.shavto dwellHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb1,078 occurrences38 books973 verses

Definition

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
Traditional renderings: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, × fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, × marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.

In the Greek Old Testament

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

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,078 total
  1. Ezra 9:3וָאֵשְׁבָ֖ה · and sat down
    When I heard this report, I tore my tunic and cloak, pulled out some hair from my head and beard, and sat down in horror.
  2. Ezra 9:4יֹשֵׁ֣ב · sat there
    Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.
  3. Ezra 10:2וַנֹּ֛שֶׁב · by marrying
    Then Shecaniah son of Jehiel, an Elamite, said to Ezra: “We have been unfaithful to our God by marrying foreign women from the people of the land, yet in spite of this, there is hope for Israel.
  4. Ezra 10:9וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ · sat
    So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.
  5. Ezra 10:10וַתֹּשִׁ֖יבוּ · by marrying
    Then Ezra the priest stood up and said to them, “You have been unfaithful by marrying foreign women, adding to the guilt of Israel.
  6. Ezra 10:14הַהֹשִׁ֞יב · who has married
    Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”
  7. Ezra 10:16וַיֵּשְׁב֗וּ
    So the exiles did as proposed. Ezra the priest selected men who were family heads, each of them identified by name, to represent their families. On the first day of the tenth month they launched the investigation,
  8. Ezra 10:17הַהֹשִׁ֖יבוּ · who had married
    …and by the first day of the first month they had dealt with all the men who had married foreign women.
  9. Ezra 10:18הֹשִׁ֖יבוּ · who had married
    Among the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
  10. Nehemiah 1:4יָשַׁ֙בְתִּי֙ · I sat down
    When I heard these words, I sat down and wept. I mourned for days, fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
  11. Nehemiah 2:6יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת · seated
    Then the king, with the queen seated beside him, asked me, “How long will your journey take, and when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me, and I set a time.
  12. Nehemiah 3:13וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י · and the residents
    The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it, installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and repaired a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.
  13. Nehemiah 3:26יֹשְׁבִ֖ים · living
    …and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the tower that juts out.
  14. Nehemiah 4:12הַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים · who lived
    At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
  15. Nehemiah 7:3יֹשְׁבֵ֣י · the residents
    And I told them, “Do not open the gates of Jerusalem until the sun is hot. While the guards are on duty, keep the doors shut and securely fastened. And appoint the residents of Jerusalem as guards, some at their posts and some at their own homes.”
  16. Nehemiah 7:73וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ · settled
    So the priests, Levites, gatekeepers, singers, and temple servants, along with some of the people and the rest of the Israelites, settled in their own towns. And by the seventh month the Israelites had settled in their towns.
  17. Nehemiah 8:14יֵשְׁב֨וּ · were to dwell
    And they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month,
  18. Nehemiah 8:17וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ · and lived
    The whole assembly that had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing.
  19. Nehemiah 9:24יֹשְׁבֵ֤י · dwelling
    So their descendants went in and possessed the land; You subdued before them the Canaanites dwelling in the land. You delivered into their hands the kings and peoples of the land, to do with them as they wished.
  20. Nehemiah 11:1וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ · settled; לָשֶׁ֙בֶת֙ · to live
    Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine were to dwell in their own towns.
  21. Nehemiah 11:2לָשֶׁ֖בֶת · to live
    And the people blessed all the men who volunteered to live in Jerusalem.
  22. Nehemiah 11:3יָשְׁב֖וּ · settled; יָֽשְׁב֞וּ · lived
    These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—
  23. Nehemiah 11:4יָֽשְׁב֔וּ · settled
    …while some of the descendants of Judah and Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) From the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, a descendant of Perez;
  24. Nehemiah 11:6הַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים · who settled
    The descendants of Perez who settled in Jerusalem totaled 468 men of valor.
  25. Nehemiah 11:21יֹשְׁבִ֣ים · lived
    The temple servants lived on the hill of Ophel, with Ziha and Gishpa over them.
  26. Nehemiah 11:25יָֽשְׁב֞וּ · lived
    As for the villages with their fields, some of the people of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba, Dibon, Jekabzeel, and their villages;
  27. Nehemiah 13:16יָ֣שְׁבוּ · who lived
    Additionally, men of Tyre who lived there were importing fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them on the Sabbath to the people of Judah in Jerusalem.
  28. Nehemiah 13:23הֹשִׁ֗יבוּ · who had married
    In those days I also saw Jews who had married women from Ashdod, Ammon, and Moab.
  29. Nehemiah 13:27לְהֹשִׁ֖יב · by marrying
    Must we now hear that you too are doing all this terrible evil and acting unfaithfully against our God by marrying foreign women?”
  30. Esther 1:2כְּשֶׁ֣בֶת׀ · sat
    In those days King Xerxes sat on his royal throne in the citadel of Susa.
  31. Esther 1:14הַיֹּשְׁבִ֥ים · [and] ranked
    His closest advisors were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and ranked highest in the kingdom.
  32. Esther 2:19יֹשֵׁ֥ב · was sitting
    When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.
  33. Esther 2:21יֹשֵׁ֣ב · was sitting
    In those days, while Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs who guarded the entrance, grew angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
  34. Esther 3:15יָשְׁב֣וּ · sat down
    The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.
  35. Esther 5:1יוֹשֵׁ֞ב · was sitting
    On the third day, Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace across from the king’s quarters. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom, facing the entrance.
  36. Esther 5:13יוֹשֵׁ֖ב · sitting
    Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
  37. Esther 6:10הַיּוֹשֵׁ֖ב · who is sitting
    “Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”
  38. Esther 9:19הַיֹּשְׁבִים֮ · who live
    This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.
  39. Job 2:8יֹשֵׁ֥ב · sat
    And Job took a piece of broken pottery to scrape himself as he sat among the ashes.
  40. Job 2:13וַיֵּשְׁב֤וּ · Then they sat
    Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days and seven nights, but no one spoke a word to him because they saw how intense his suffering was.
  41. Job 15:28יֵ֣שְׁבוּ
    …he will dwell in ruined cities, in abandoned houses destined to become rubble.
  42. Job 22:8יֵ֣שֶׁב · lived
    …while the land belonged to a mighty man, and a man of honor lived on it.
  43. Job 24:13יָ֝שְׁב֗וּ · or staying
    Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
  44. Job 29:25וְאֵשֵׁ֪ב · and presided
    I chose their course and presided as chief. So I dwelt as a king among his troops, as a comforter of the mourners.
  45. Job 36:7וַיֹּשִׁיבֵ֥ם
    He does not take His eyes off the righteous, but He enthrones them with kings and exalts them forever.
  46. Job 38:40יֵשְׁב֖וּ · and lie
    …when they crouch in their dens and lie in wait in the thicket?
  47. Psalm 1:1יָשָֽׁב׃ · sit
    Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers.
  48. Psalm 2:4יוֹשֵׁ֣ב · The One enthroned
    The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.