Midvash

יָרַשׁyârash

take possession of, inherit, dispossess

Pronunciation: yaw-rash' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3423

Meanings

Qal

1. take possession of, especially by force, have as a possession, often with collateral idea of taking in place of others, succeeding to, inheriting (compare 2)

a. possess, and dwell therein (Genesis 15:7; Genesis 15:8; Numbers 13:30)

b. people, being their heir (Deuteronomy 2:12; Deuteronomy 2:21; Deuteronomy 2:22)

2. inherit, followed by accusative of person = be one's heir (Genesis 15:3; Genesis 15:4; Proverbs 30:23)

3. = impoverish (Judges 14:15)

Niph`al: be (dispossessed =) impoverished, come to poverty (Proverbs 23:21; Genesis 45:11; Proverbs 20:13)

Pi`el: i.e. devour (Deuteronomy 28:42; Hosea 9:6; Isaiah 34:11)

Hiph`il

1. cause to possess, or inherit (Judges 11:24; 2 Chronicles 20:11; Ezra 9:12)

2. cause (others) to possess or inherit, then generally dispossess

a. id., cities (Joshua 13:13; Joshua 16:10; Judges 1:29)

b. God shall cast them out of his belly (Job 20:15)

3. = impoverish (1 Samuel 2:7; Zechariah 9:4; Zechariah 9:3)

4. nearly = bring to ruin, destroy (Exodus 15:9; Numbers 14:12)

5. = Qal take possession of, but read probably יִרָשֶׁנָּה (Numbers 14:24)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 231 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 15:3 You have given me no descendants of my own, so one of my servants will be my heir.”
  • Genesis 15:4 Then the Lord said to him, “No, your servant will not be your heir, for you will have a son of your own who will be your heir.”
  • Genesis 15:7 Then the Lord told him, “I am the Lord who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land as your possession.”
  • Genesis 15:8 But Abram replied, “O Sovereign Lord, how can I be sure that I will actually possess it?”
  • Genesis 21:10 So she turned to Abraham and demanded, “Get rid of that slave woman and her son. He is not going to share the inheritance with my son, Isaac. I won’t have it!”
  • Genesis 22:17 I will certainly bless you. I will multiply your descendants beyond number, like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will conquer the cities of their enemies.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).