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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. Isaiah 26:18יֹשְׁבֵ֥י · any life
    We were with child; we writhed in pain; but we gave birth to wind. We have given no salvation to the earth, nor brought any life into the world.
  2. Isaiah 26:21יֹֽשֵׁב־ · the inhabitants
    For behold, the LORD is coming out of His dwelling to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity. The earth will reveal her bloodshed and will no longer conceal her slain.
  3. Isaiah 28:6לַיּוֹשֵׁב֙ · to him who sits
    …a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.
  4. Isaiah 30:19יֵשֵׁ֖ב · who dwell
    O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.
  5. Isaiah 32:16תֵּשֵֽׁב׃ · will dwell
    Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.
  6. Isaiah 32:18וְיָשַׁ֥ב · will dwell
    Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
  7. Isaiah 33:24הַיֹּשֵׁ֥ב · who dwell
    And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.
  8. Isaiah 36:12הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ · sitting
    But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”
  9. Isaiah 37:16יֹשֵׁ֣ב · enthroned
    “O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
  10. Isaiah 37:27וְיֹֽשְׁבֵיהֶן֙ · Therefore their inhabitants
    Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
  11. Isaiah 37:28וְשִׁבְתְּךָ֛ · your sitting down
    But I know your sitting down, your going out and coming in, and your raging against Me.
  12. Isaiah 37:37וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב · and stayed there
    So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
  13. Isaiah 38:11י֥וֹשְׁבֵי · those who dwell
    I said, “I will never again see the LORD, even the LORD, in the land of the living; I will no longer look on mankind with those who dwell in this world.
  14. Isaiah 40:22הַיֹּשֵׁב֙ · He sits enthroned; וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ · its dwellers; לָשָֽׁבֶת׃ · to dwell in
    He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in.
  15. Isaiah 42:7יֹ֥שְׁבֵי · and those sitting
    …to open the eyes of the blind, to bring prisoners out of the dungeon and those sitting in darkness out from the prison house.
  16. Isaiah 42:10וְיֹשְׁבֵיהֶֽם׃ · and all who dwell in them
    Sing to the LORD a new song—His praise from the ends of the earth—you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who dwell in them.
  17. Isaiah 42:11תֵּשֵׁ֣ב; יֹ֣שְׁבֵי · Let the people
    Let the desert and its cities raise their voices; let the villages of Kedar cry aloud. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.
  18. Isaiah 44:13לָשֶׁ֥בֶת · that it may dwell
    The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine.
  19. Isaiah 44:26תּוּשָׁ֗ב · She will be inhabited
    …who confirms the message of His servant and fulfills the counsel of His messengers, who says of Jerusalem, ‘She will be inhabited,’ and of the cities of Judah, ‘They will be rebuilt, and I will restore their ruins,’
  20. Isaiah 45:18לָשֶׁ֣בֶת · it to be inhabited
    For thus says the LORD, who created the heavens—He is God; He formed the earth and fashioned it; He established it; He did not create it to be empty, but formed it to be inhabited: “I am the LORD, and there is no other.
  21. Isaiah 47:1וּשְׁבִ֣י · and sit; שְׁבִי־ · Sit
    “Go down and sit in the dust, O Virgin Daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O Daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender or delicate.
  22. Isaiah 47:5שְׁבִ֥י · Sit
    “Sit in silence and go into darkness, O Daughter of the Chaldeans. For you will no longer be called the queen of kingdoms.
  23. Isaiah 47:8הַיּוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת · who sits securely; אֵשֵׁב֙
    So now hear this, O lover of luxury who sits securely, who says to herself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me. I will never be a widow or know the loss of children.’
  24. Isaiah 47:14לָשֶׁ֥בֶת · to sit
    Surely they are like stubble; the fire will burn them up. They cannot deliver themselves from the power of the flame. There will be no coals to warm them or fire to sit beside.
  25. Isaiah 49:19מִיּוֹשֵׁ֔ב · for your people
    For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.
  26. Isaiah 49:20וְאֵשֵֽׁבָה׃ · to live here
    Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’
  27. Isaiah 51:6וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ · and its people
    Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look at the earth below; for the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment, and its people will die like gnats. But My salvation will last forever, and My righteousness will never fail.
  28. Isaiah 54:3יוֹשִֽׁיבוּ׃ · and inhabit
    For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.
  29. Isaiah 58:12לָשָֽׁבֶת׃ · of Dwelling
    Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.
  30. Isaiah 65:4הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ · sitting
    …sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.
  31. Isaiah 65:21וְיָשָׁ֑בוּ · and dwell in them
    They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.
  32. Isaiah 65:22יֵשֵׁ֔ב · to inhabit
    No longer will they build houses for others to inhabit, nor plant for others to eat. For as is the lifetime of a tree, so will be the days of My people, and My chosen ones will fully enjoy the work of their hands.
  33. Jeremiah 1:14יֹשְׁבֵ֖י · who live
    Then the LORD said to me, “Disaster from the north will be poured out on all who live in the land.
  34. Jeremiah 2:6יָשַׁ֥ב · lives
    They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
  35. Jeremiah 2:15יֹשֵֽׁב׃ · inhabitant
    The young lions have roared at him; they have sounded their voices. They have laid waste his land; his cities lie in ruins, without inhabitant.
  36. Jeremiah 3:2יָשַׁ֣בְתְּ · You sat
    “Lift up your eyes to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been violated? You sat beside the highways waiting for your lovers, like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.
  37. Jeremiah 4:4וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י · and people
    Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
  38. Jeremiah 4:7יוֹשֵֽׁב׃ · and lie uninhabited
    A lion has gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his lair to lay waste your land. Your cities will be reduced to ruins and lie uninhabited.
  39. Jeremiah 4:29יוֹשֵׁ֥ב · inhabitant is left
    Every city flees at the sound of the horseman and archer. They enter the thickets and climb among the rocks. Every city is abandoned; no inhabitant is left.
  40. Jeremiah 6:8נוֹשָֽׁבָה׃פ · inhabitant
    Be forewarned, O Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitant.”
  41. Jeremiah 6:12יֹשְׁבֵ֥י · the inhabitants
    Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD.
  42. Jeremiah 8:1יוֹשְׁבֵֽי־ · of the people
    “At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves.
  43. Jeremiah 8:14יֹֽשְׁבִ֔ים · just sitting here?
    Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
  44. Jeremiah 8:16וְיֹ֥שְׁבֵי · and all who dwell
    The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.
  45. Jeremiah 9:6שִׁבְתְּךָ֖ · You dwell
    You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.