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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 47:2יוֹשֵׁ֥ב · who dwell
    This is what the LORD says: “See how the waters are rising from the north and becoming an overflowing torrent. They will overflow the land and its fullness, the cities and their inhabitants. The people will cry out, and all who dwell in the land will wail
  2. Jeremiah 48:9יוֹשֵׁ֖ב · to dwell
    Put salt on Moab, for she will be laid waste; her cities will become desolate, with no one to dwell in them.
  3. Jeremiah 48:18יֹשְׁבֶי · sit; יֹשֶׁ֖בֶת · dwelling
    Come down from your glory; sit on parched ground, O daughter dwelling in Dibon, for the destroyer of Moab has come against you; he has destroyed your fortresses.
  4. Jeremiah 48:19יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת · O dweller
    Stand by the road and watch, O dweller of Aroer! Ask the man fleeing or the woman escaping, ‘What has happened?’
  5. Jeremiah 48:28יֹשְׁבֵ֖י · O dwellers
    Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
  6. Jeremiah 48:43יוֹשֵׁ֥ב · O dweller
    Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of Moab,” declares the LORD.
  7. Jeremiah 49:1יָשָֽׁב׃ · settled
    Concerning the Ammonites, this is what the LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Is he without heir? Why then has Milcom taken possession of Gad? Why have his people settled in their cities?
  8. Jeremiah 49:8לָשֶׁ֔בֶת · Lie; יֹשְׁבֵ֖י · O dwellers
    Turn and run! Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him.
  9. Jeremiah 49:18יֵשֵׁ֥ב · will dwell
    As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
  10. Jeremiah 49:20יֹשְׁבֵ֣י · the people
    Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.
  11. Jeremiah 49:30לָשֶׁ֛בֶת · Lie; יֹשְׁבֵ֥י · O residents
    Run! Escape quickly! Lie low, O residents of Hazor,” declares the LORD, “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has drawn up a plan against you; he has devised a strategy against you.
  12. Jeremiah 49:31יוֹשֵׁ֥ב · one that dwells
    Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, one that dwells securely,” declares the LORD. “They have no gates or bars; they live alone.
  13. Jeremiah 49:33יֵשֵׁ֥ב · will dwell
    “Hazor will become a haunt for jackals, a desolation forever. No one will dwell there; no man will abide there.”
  14. Jeremiah 50:3יוֹשֵׁ֖ב · will live
    For a nation from the north will come against her; it will make her land a desolation. No one will live in it; both man and beast will flee.”
  15. Jeremiah 50:13תֵשֵׁ֔ב · be inhabited
    Because of the wrath of the LORD, she will not be inhabited; she will become completely desolate. All who pass through Babylon will be horrified and will hiss at all her wounds.
  16. Jeremiah 50:21יוֹשְׁבֵ֖י · the residents
    Go up against the land of Merathaim, and against the residents of Pekod. Kill them and devote them to destruction. Do all that I have commanded you,” declares the LORD.
  17. Jeremiah 50:34לְיֹשְׁבֵ֥י · to those who live
    Their Redeemer is strong; the LORD of Hosts is His name. He will fervently plead their case so that He may bring rest to the earth, but turmoil to those who live in Babylon.
  18. Jeremiah 50:35יֹשְׁבֵ֣י · those who live
    A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against those who live in Babylon, and against her officials and wise men.
  19. Jeremiah 50:39יֵשְׁב֤וּ · will live there; וְיָ֥שְׁבוּ · will dwell; תֵשֵׁ֥ב · be inhabited
    So the desert creatures and hyenas will live there and ostriches will dwell there. It will never again be inhabited or lived in from generation to generation.
  20. Jeremiah 50:40יֵשֵׁ֥ב · will dwell
    As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
  21. Jeremiah 51:1יֹשְׁבֵ֖י · the people
    This is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will stir up against Babylon and against the people of Leb-kamai the spirit of a destroyer.
  22. Jeremiah 51:12יֹשְׁבֵ֥י · the people
    Raise a banner against the walls of Babylon; post the guard; station the watchmen; prepare the ambush. For the LORD has both devised and accomplished what He spoke against the people of Babylon.
  23. Jeremiah 51:24יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י · the dwellers
    Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.
  24. Jeremiah 51:29יוֹשֵֽׁב׃ · inhabitant
    The earth quakes and writhes because the LORD’s intentions against Babylon stand: to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant.
  25. Jeremiah 51:30יָֽשְׁבוּ֙ · they sit
    The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.
  26. Jeremiah 51:35יֹשֶׁ֣בֶת · the dweller; יֹשְׁבֵ֣י · the dwellers
    May the violence done to me and to my flesh be upon Babylon,” says the dweller of Zion. “May my blood be on the dwellers of Chaldea,” says Jerusalem.
  27. Jeremiah 51:37יוֹשֵֽׁב׃ · inhabitant
    Babylon will become a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals, an object of horror and scorn, without inhabitant.
  28. Jeremiah 51:43יֵשֵׁ֤ב · lives
    Her cities have become a desolation, a dry and arid land, a land where no one lives, where no son of man passes through.
  29. Jeremiah 51:62יוֹשֵׁ֔ב · will remain
    …and say, ‘O LORD, You have promised to cut off this place so that no one will remain—neither man nor beast. Indeed, it will be desolate forever.’
  30. Lamentations 1:1יָשְׁבָ֣ה · lies
    How lonely lies the city, once so full of people! She who was great among the nations has become a widow. The princess of the provinces has become a slave.
  31. Lamentations 1:3יָשְׁבָ֣ה · dwells
    Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.
  32. Lamentations 2:10יֵשְׁב֨וּ · sit
    The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
  33. Lamentations 3:6הוֹשִׁיבַ֖נִי · He has made me dwell
    He has made me dwell in darkness like those dead for ages.
  34. Lamentations 3:28יֵשֵׁ֤ב · Let him sit
    Let him sit alone in silence, for the LORD has laid it upon him.
  35. Lamentations 4:12יֹשְׁבֵ֣י · people
    The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
  36. Lamentations 4:21יוֹשַׁבְתִּי · [you] who dwell
    So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.
  37. Lamentations 5:19תֵּשֵׁ֔ב · reign
    You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.
  38. Ezekiel 2:6יוֹשֵׁ֑ב · and you dwell
    But you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns surround you, and you dwell among scorpions. Do not be afraid of their words or dismayed by their presence, though they are a rebellious house.
  39. Ezekiel 3:15הַיֹּשְׁבִ֤ים · who dwelt; יוֹשְׁבִ֣ים · sat; וָאֵשֵׁ֥ב · and remained
    I came to the exiles at Tel-abib who dwelt by the River Kebar. And for seven days I sat where they sat and remained there among them, overwhelmed.
  40. Ezekiel 7:7יוֹשֵׁ֣ב · O inhabitants
    Doom has come to you, O inhabitants of the land. The time has come; the day is near; there is panic on the mountains instead of shouts of joy.
  41. Ezekiel 8:1יוֹשֵׁ֣ב · was sitting; יוֹשְׁבִ֣ים · were sitting
    In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me.