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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. Jeremiah 9:11יוֹשֵֽׁב׃ס · inhabitant
    “And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
  2. Jeremiah 9:26הַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים · the inhabitants
    Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”
  3. Jeremiah 10:17יֹשַׁבְתִּי · you who live
    Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege.
  4. Jeremiah 10:18יוֹשְׁבֵ֥י · the inhabitants
    For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, at this time I will sling out the inhabitants of the land and bring distress upon them so that they may be captured.”
  5. Jeremiah 11:2יֹשְׁבֵ֖י · and the residents
    “Listen to the words of this covenant and tell them to the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
  6. Jeremiah 11:9וּבְיֹשְׁבֵ֖י · and the residents
    And the LORD told me, “There is a conspiracy among the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem.
  7. Jeremiah 11:12וְיֹשְׁבֵי֙ · and the residents
    Then the cities of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem will go and cry out to the gods to which they have been burning incense, but these gods certainly will not save them in their time of disaster.
  8. Jeremiah 12:4יֹֽשְׁבֵי־ · of its residents
    How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”
  9. Jeremiah 13:13יֹשְׁבֵ֣י · who live; הַיֹּשְׁבִים֩ · who sit; יֹשְׁבֵ֥י · the people
    …then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem.
  10. Jeremiah 13:18שֵׁ֑בוּ · seat
    Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”
  11. Jeremiah 15:17יָשַׁ֥בְתִּי · sat; יָשַׁ֔בְתִּי · I sat
    I never sat with the band of revelers, nor did I celebrate with them. Because Your hand was on me, I sat alone, for You have filled me with indignation.
  12. Jeremiah 16:8לָשֶׁ֣בֶת · and sit down
    You must not enter a house where there is feasting and sit down with them to eat and drink.
  13. Jeremiah 17:6תֵשֵֽׁב׃ס · one lives
    He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives.
  14. Jeremiah 17:20יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
    Say to them, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, all people of Judah and Jerusalem who enter through these gates.
  15. Jeremiah 17:25יֹשְׁבִים֩ · They will sit; וְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י · and the residents; וְיָשְׁבָ֥ה · will be inhabited
    …then kings and princes will enter through the gates of this city. They will sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses with their officials, along with the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever.
  16. Jeremiah 18:11יוֹשְׁבֵ֨י · the residents
    Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways, and correct your ways and deeds.’
  17. Jeremiah 19:3וְיֹשְׁבֵ֖י · and residents
    …saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem. This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such disaster on this place that the ears of all who hear of it will ring,
  18. Jeremiah 19:12וּלְיֽוֹשְׁבָ֑יו · and to its residents
    This is what I will do to this place and to its residents, declares the LORD. I will make this city like Topheth.
  19. Jeremiah 20:6יֹשְׁבֵ֣י · who live
    And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, will go into captivity. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die and be buried—you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied these lies.’”
  20. Jeremiah 21:6יֽוֹשְׁבֵי֙ · the residents
    I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’
  21. Jeremiah 21:9הַיֹּשֵׁב֙ · Whoever stays
    Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.
  22. Jeremiah 21:13יֹשֶׁ֧בֶת · who dwell
    Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau—declares the LORD—you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”
  23. Jeremiah 22:2הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב · who sits
    …saying, ‘Hear the word of the LORD, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David—you and your officials and your people who enter these gates.
  24. Jeremiah 22:4יֹשְׁבִ֨ים · who sit
    For if you will indeed carry out these commands, then kings who sit on David’s throne will enter through the gates of this palace riding on chariots and horses—they and their officials and their people.
  25. Jeremiah 22:6נוֹשָׁבָה׃
    For this is what the LORD says concerning the house of the king of Judah: “You are like Gilead to Me, like the summit of Lebanon; but I will surely turn you into a desert, like cities that are uninhabited.
  26. Jeremiah 22:23יֹשַׁבְתִּי · O inhabitant
    O inhabitant of Lebanon, nestled in the cedars, how you will groan when pangs of anguish come upon you, agony like a woman in labor.”
  27. Jeremiah 22:30יֹשֵׁב֙ · to sit
    This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or to rule again in Judah.”
  28. Jeremiah 23:8וְיָשְׁב֖וּ · Then they will dwell
    Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought and led the descendants of the house of Israel up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ Then they will dwell once more in their own land.”
  29. Jeremiah 23:14וְיֹשְׁבֶ֖יהָ · the people of Jerusalem
    And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
  30. Jeremiah 24:8וְהַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים · and those living
    But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.
  31. Jeremiah 25:2יֹשְׁבֵ֥י · the residents
    So the prophet Jeremiah spoke to all the people of Judah and all the residents of Jerusalem as follows:
  32. Jeremiah 25:5וּשְׁבוּ֙ · and you can dwell
    The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.
  33. Jeremiah 25:9יֹ֣שְׁבֶ֔יהָ · its residents
    …behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
  34. Jeremiah 25:29יֹשְׁבֵ֣י · the inhabitants
    For behold, I am beginning to bring disaster on the city that bears My Name, so how could you possibly go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am calling down a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts.’
  35. Jeremiah 25:30יֹשְׁבֵ֖י · the inhabitants
    So you are to prophesy all these words against them and say to them: ‘The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy habitation. He will roar loudly over His pasture; like those who tread the grapes, He will call out with a shout against all the inhabitants of the earth.
  36. Jeremiah 26:9יוֹשֵׁ֑ב · will be desolate
    How dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.
  37. Jeremiah 26:10וַיֵּֽשְׁב֛וּ · and sat
    When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.
  38. Jeremiah 26:15יֹשְׁבֶ֑יהָ · its residents
    But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”
  39. Jeremiah 27:11וְיָ֥שַׁב · and reside
    But the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.”
  40. Jeremiah 29:5וְשֵׁ֑בוּ · and settle down
    “Build houses and settle down. Plant gardens and eat their produce.
  41. Jeremiah 29:16הַיּוֹשֵׁב֙ · who sits; הַיּוֹשֵׁ֖ב · who remain
    …this is what the LORD says about the king who sits on David’s throne and all the people who remain in this city, your brothers who did not go with you into exile—
  42. Jeremiah 29:28וְשֵׁ֔בוּ · and settle down
    For he has sent to us in Babylon, claiming: Since the exile will be lengthy, build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat their produce.’”
  43. Jeremiah 29:32יוֹשֵׁ֣ב׀ · left
    …this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
  44. Jeremiah 30:18יֵשֵֽׁב׃ · will stand
    This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.