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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. Zephaniah 2:5יוֹשֵֽׁב׃ · left
    Woe to the dwellers of the seacoast, O nation of the Cherethites! The word of the LORD is against you, O Canaan, land of the Philistines: “I will destroy you, and no one will be left.”
  2. Zephaniah 2:15הַיּוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת · that dwells
    This carefree city that dwells securely, that thinks to herself: “I am it, and there is none besides me,” what a ruin she has become, a resting place for beasts. Everyone who passes by her hisses and shakes his fist.
  3. Zephaniah 3:6יוֹשֵֽׁב׃ · inhabitant
    “I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant.
  4. Haggai 1:4לָשֶׁ֖בֶת · to live
    “Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?”
  5. Zechariah 1:11יֹשֶׁ֥בֶת · is at rest
    And the riders answered the angel of the LORD who was standing among the myrtle trees, “We have patrolled the earth, and behold, all the earth is at rest and tranquil.”
  6. Zechariah 2:4תֵּשֵׁ֣ב · will be a city
    …and said to him, “Run and tell that young man: ‘Jerusalem will be a city without walls because of the multitude of men and livestock within it.
  7. Zechariah 2:7יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת · you who dwell
    “Get up, O Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the Daughter of Babylon!”
  8. Zechariah 3:8הַיֹּשְׁבִ֣ים · seated
    Hear now, O high priest Joshua, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed a sign. For behold, I am going to bring My servant, the Branch.
  9. Zechariah 5:7יוֹשֶׁ֖בֶת · sitting
    And behold, the cover of lead was raised, and there was a woman sitting inside the basket.
  10. Zechariah 6:13וְיָשַׁ֥ב · and will sit
    Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’
  11. Zechariah 7:7יֹשֶׁ֣בֶת · populous; יֹשֵֽׁב׃פ · were inhabited
    Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”
  12. Zechariah 8:4יֵֽשְׁבוּ֙ · sit
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age.
  13. Zechariah 8:20וְיֹשְׁבֵ֖י · the residents
    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
  14. Zechariah 8:21יֹשְׁבֵי֩ · and the residents
    …and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’
  15. Zechariah 9:5תֵשֵֽׁב׃
    Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.
  16. Zechariah 9:6וְיָשַׁ֥ב · will occupy
    A mixed race will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
  17. Zechariah 11:6יֹשְׁבֵ֥י · the people
    For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands.”
  18. Zechariah 12:5יֹשְׁבֵ֣י · The people
    Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts: ‘The people of Jerusalem are my strength, for the LORD of Hosts is their God.’
  19. Zechariah 12:6וְיָשְׁבָ֨ה · while the people
    On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure there.
  20. Zechariah 12:7יֹשֵׁ֥ב · of the people
    The LORD will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not be greater than that of Judah.
  21. Zechariah 12:8יוֹשֵׁ֣ב · the people
    On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.
  22. Zechariah 12:10יוֹשֵׁ֣ב · the people
    Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
  23. Zechariah 13:1וּלְיֹשְׁבֵ֣י · and the people
    “On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
  24. Zechariah 14:10וְיָשְׁבָ֨ה · and will remain
    All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.
  25. Zechariah 14:11וְיָ֣שְׁבוּ · People will live; וְיָשְׁבָ֥ה · will dwell
    People will live there, and never again will there be an utter destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell securely.
  26. Malachi 3:3וְיָשַׁ֨ב · And He will sit
    And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD in righteousness.