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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. Psalm 132:12יֵ֝שְׁב֗וּ · sit
    If your sons keep My covenant and the testimony I will teach them, then their sons will also sit on your throne forever and ever.”
  2. Psalm 132:14אֵ֝שֵׁ֗ב · I will dwell
    “This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.
  3. Psalm 133:1שֶׁ֖בֶת · live
    A song of ascents. Of David. Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers live together in harmony!
  4. Psalm 137:1יָ֭שַׁבְנוּ · we sat
    By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
  5. Psalm 139:2שִׁבְתִּ֣י · when I sit
    You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.
  6. Psalm 140:13יֵשְׁב֥וּ · will dwell
    Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.
  7. Psalm 143:3הוֹשִׁיבַ֥נִי · making me dwell
    For the enemy has pursued my soul, crushing my life to the ground, making me dwell in darkness like those long since dead.
  8. Proverbs 3:29יוֹשֵׁ֖ב · dwells
    Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
  9. Proverbs 9:14וְֽ֭יָשְׁבָה · She sits
    She sits at the door of her house, on a seat in the heights of the city,
  10. Proverbs 20:8יוֹשֵׁ֥ב · who sits
    A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
  11. Proverbs 21:9לָשֶׁ֥בֶת · to live
    Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
  12. Proverbs 21:19שֶׁ֥בֶת · to live
    Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife.
  13. Proverbs 23:1תֵ֭שֵׁב · you sit down
    When you sit down to dine with a ruler, consider carefully what is set before you,
  14. Proverbs 25:24שֶׁ֥בֶת · to live
    Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
  15. Proverbs 31:23בְּ֝שִׁבְתּ֗וֹ · where he sits
    Her husband is known at the city gates, where he sits among the elders of the land.
  16. Ecclesiastes 10:6יֵשֵֽׁבוּ׃ · sit
    Folly is appointed to great heights, but the rich sit in lowly positions.
  17. Song of Solomon 2:3וְיָשַׁ֔בְתִּי · to sit
    Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
  18. Song of Solomon 5:12יֹשְׁב֖וֹת · [and] mounted
    His eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels.
  19. Song of Solomon 8:13הַיוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת · You who dwell
    You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!
  20. Isaiah 3:26תֵּשֵֽׁב׃ · she will sit
    And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
  21. Isaiah 5:3יוֹשֵׁ֥ב · O dwellers
    “And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.
  22. Isaiah 5:8וְהֽוּשַׁבְתֶּ֥ם · and you live
    Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.
  23. Isaiah 5:9יוֹשֵֽׁב׃ · left unoccupied
    I heard the LORD of Hosts declare: “Surely many houses will become desolate, great mansions left unoccupied.
  24. Isaiah 6:1יֹשֵׁ֥ב · seated
    In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
  25. Isaiah 6:5יוֹשֵׁ֑ב · dwelling
    Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
  26. Isaiah 6:11יוֹשֵׁ֗ב · inhabitant
    Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,
  27. Isaiah 8:14לְיוֹשֵׁ֖ב · to the dwellers
    And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare.
  28. Isaiah 9:2יֹשְׁבֵי֙ · those living
    The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
  29. Isaiah 9:9וְיוֹשֵׁ֣ב · and the dwellers
    All the people will know it—Ephraim and the dwellers of Samaria. With pride and arrogance of heart they will say:
  30. Isaiah 10:13יוֹשְׁבִֽים׃ · their rulers
    For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.
  31. Isaiah 10:24יֹשֵׁ֥ב · who dwell
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “O My people who dwell in Zion, do not fear Assyria, who strikes you with a rod and lifts his staff against you as the Egyptians did.
  32. Isaiah 10:31יֹשְׁבֵ֥י · the people
    Madmenah flees; the people of Gebim take refuge.
  33. Isaiah 12:6יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת · O citizen
    Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
  34. Isaiah 13:20תֵשֵׁ֣ב · be inhabited
    She will never be inhabited or settled from generation to generation; no nomad will pitch his tent there, no shepherd will rest his flock there.
  35. Isaiah 14:13וְאֵשֵׁ֥ב · I will sit
    You said in your heart: “I will ascend to the heavens; I will raise my throne above the stars of God. I will sit on the mount of assembly, in the far reaches of the north.
  36. Isaiah 16:5וְיָשַׁ֥ב · will sit
    …in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.
  37. Isaiah 18:3יֹשְׁבֵ֥י · you people
    All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it.
  38. Isaiah 20:6יֹשֵׁ֨ב · the dwellers
    And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”
  39. Isaiah 21:14יֹשְׁבֵי֙ · O dwellers
    Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.
  40. Isaiah 22:21לְיוֹשֵׁ֥ב · to the dwellers
    I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority in his hand, and he will be a father to the dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.
  41. Isaiah 23:2יֹ֣שְׁבֵי · O dwellers
    Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.
  42. Isaiah 23:6יֹ֥שְׁבֵי · O inhabitants
    Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!
  43. Isaiah 23:18לַיֹּשְׁבִ֞ים · will go to those who live
    Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.
  44. Isaiah 24:1יֹשְׁבֶֽיהָ׃ · its inhabitants
    Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—
  45. Isaiah 24:5יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָ · its people
    The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.
  46. Isaiah 24:6יֹ֣שְׁבֵי · and its inhabitants; יֹ֣שְׁבֵי · dwellers
    Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive.
  47. Isaiah 24:17יוֹשֵׁ֥ב · O dweller
    Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
  48. Isaiah 26:5יֹשְׁבֵ֣י · those who dwell
    For He has humbled those who dwell on high; He lays the lofty city low. He brings it down to the ground; He casts it into the dust.
  49. Isaiah 26:9יֹשְׁבֵ֥י · the people
    My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.