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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. Numbers 35:28יֵשֵׁ֔ב · [the manslayer] must remain
    …because the manslayer must remain in his city of refuge until the death of the high priest. Only after the death of the high priest may he return to the land he owns.
  2. Numbers 35:32לָשֶׁ֣בֶת · and live
    Nor should you accept a ransom for the person who flees to a city of refuge and allow him to return and live on his own land before the death of the high priest.
  3. Numbers 35:34יֹשְׁבִ֣ים · live
    Do not defile the land where you live and where I dwell. For I, the LORD, dwell among the Israelites.”
  4. Deuteronomy 1:4יוֹשֵׁ֖ב · lived; יוֹשֵׁ֥ב · lived
    This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon, and then at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who lived in Ashtaroth.
  5. Deuteronomy 1:6שֶׁ֖בֶת · You have stayed
    The LORD our God said to us at Horeb: “You have stayed at this mountain long enough.
  6. Deuteronomy 1:44הַיֹּשֵׁ֨ב · who lived
    Then the Amorites who lived in the hills came out against you and chased you like a swarm of bees. They routed you from Seir all the way to Hormah.
  7. Deuteronomy 1:46וַתֵּשְׁב֥וּ · For this reason you stayed; יְשַׁבְתֶּֽם׃
    For this reason you stayed in Kadesh for a long time—a very long time.
  8. Deuteronomy 2:4הַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים · who live
    …and command the people: ‘You will pass through the territory of your brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. They will be afraid of you, so you must be very careful.
  9. Deuteronomy 2:8הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ · who live
    So we passed by our brothers, the descendants of Esau, who live in Seir. We turned away from the Arabah road, which comes up from Elath and Ezion-geber, and traveled along the road of the Wilderness of Moab.
  10. Deuteronomy 2:10יָ֣שְׁבוּ · live
    (The Emites used to live there, a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites.
  11. Deuteronomy 2:12יָשְׁב֣וּ · live; וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ · and settled
    The Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)
  12. Deuteronomy 2:20יָֽשְׁבוּ־ · used to live
    (That too was regarded as the land of the Rephaim, who used to live there, though the Ammonites called them Zamzummites.
  13. Deuteronomy 2:21וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ · and settled
    They were a people great and many, as tall as the Anakites. But the LORD destroyed them from before the Ammonites, who drove them out and settled in their place,
  14. Deuteronomy 2:22הַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים · who lived; וַיֵּשְׁב֣וּ · and have lived
    …just as He had done for the descendants of Esau who lived in Seir, when He destroyed the Horites from before them. They drove them out and have lived in their place to this day.
  15. Deuteronomy 2:23הַיֹּשְׁבִ֥ים · who lived; וַיֵּשְׁב֥וּ · and settled
    And the Avvim, who lived in villages as far as Gaza, were destroyed by the Caphtorites, who came out of Caphtor and settled in their place.)
  16. Deuteronomy 2:29הַיֹּֽשְׁבִים֙ · who live; הַיֹּשְׁבִ֖ים · who live
    …just as the descendants of Esau who live in Seir and the Moabites who live in Ar did for us, until we cross the Jordan into the land that the LORD our God is giving us.”
  17. Deuteronomy 3:2יוֹשֵׁ֖ב · lived
    But the LORD said to me, “Do not fear him, for I have delivered him into your hand, along with all his people and his land. Do to him as you did to Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon.”
  18. Deuteronomy 3:19יֵֽשְׁבוּ֙ · may remain
    But your wives, your children, and your livestock—I know that you have much livestock—may remain in the cities I have given you,
  19. Deuteronomy 3:29וַנֵּ֣שֶׁב · So we stayed
    So we stayed in the valley opposite Beth-peor.
  20. Deuteronomy 4:46יוֹשֵׁ֖ב · lived
    …while they were in the valley across the Jordan facing Beth-peor in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon and was defeated by Moses and the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.
  21. Deuteronomy 6:7בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ֤ · when you sit
    And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
  22. Deuteronomy 8:12וְיָשָֽׁבְתָּ׃ · in which to dwell
    Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
  23. Deuteronomy 9:9וָאֵשֵׁ֣ב · I stayed
    When I went up on the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I ate no bread and drank no water.
  24. Deuteronomy 11:19בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ֤ · when you sit
    Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
  25. Deuteronomy 11:30הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב · who live
    Are not these mountains across the Jordan, west of the road toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah opposite Gilgal near the Oak of Moreh?
  26. Deuteronomy 11:31וִֽישַׁבְתֶּם־ · and settle
    For you are about to cross the Jordan to enter and possess the land that the LORD your God is giving you. When you take possession of it and settle in it,
  27. Deuteronomy 12:10וִֽישַׁבְתֶּ֣ם · and live; וִֽישַׁבְתֶּם־ · and you dwell
    When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,
  28. Deuteronomy 12:29וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֖ · and live
    When the LORD your God cuts off before you the nations you are entering to dispossess, and you drive them out and live in their land,
  29. Deuteronomy 13:12לָשֶׁ֥בֶת · to inhabit
    If, regarding one of the cities the LORD your God is giving you to inhabit, you hear it said
  30. Deuteronomy 13:13יֹשְׁבֵ֥י · and have led the people
    …that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),
  31. Deuteronomy 13:15יֹֽשְׁבֵ֛י · the inhabitants
    …you must surely put the inhabitants of that city to the sword. Devote to destruction all its people and livestock.
  32. Deuteronomy 17:14וְיָשַׁ֣בְתָּה · and settled
    When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you and have taken possession of it and settled in it, and you say, “Let us set a king over us like all the nations around us,”
  33. Deuteronomy 17:18כְשִׁבְתּ֔וֹ · When he is seated
    When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
  34. Deuteronomy 19:1וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֥ · and settled
    When the LORD your God has cut off the nations whose land He is giving you, and when you have driven them out and settled in their cities and houses,
  35. Deuteronomy 21:13וְיָֽשְׁבָה֙ · she has lived
    …and put aside the clothing of her captivity. After she has lived in your house a full month and mourned her father and mother, you may have relations with her and be her husband, and she shall be your wife.
  36. Deuteronomy 23:13בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ֣ · when you relieve yourself
    And you must have a digging tool in your equipment so that when you relieve yourself you can dig a hole and cover up your excrement.
  37. Deuteronomy 23:16יֵשֵׁ֣ב · Let him live
    Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.
  38. Deuteronomy 25:5יֵשְׁב֨וּ · dwell
    When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.
  39. Deuteronomy 26:1וְיָשַׁ֥בְתָּ · and settle
    When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and settle in it,
  40. Deuteronomy 28:30תֵשֵׁ֣ב · live
    You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.
  41. Deuteronomy 29:16יָשַׁ֖בְנוּ · we lived
    For you yourselves know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we passed through the nations on the way here.
  42. Deuteronomy 30:20לָשֶׁ֣בֶת
    …and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
  43. Joshua 1:14יֵשְׁב֕וּ · may remain
    Your wives, your young children, and your livestock may remain in the land that Moses gave you on this side of the Jordan. But all your mighty men of valor must be armed for battle to cross over ahead of your brothers and help them,