Midvash

יָשַׁבyâshab

sit, remain, dwell

Pronunciation: yaw-shab' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3427

Meanings

Qal: construct, a (Genesis 13:12; Judges 5:16; Deuteronomy 17:14)

1.

a. sit (1 Samuel 20:25; Exodus 17:12; Genesis 31:34)

b. sit, sit down (Judges 19:6; Ruth 4:1; Ruth 4:2)

c. sit down, i.e. perform a necessity of nature (Deuteronomy 23:14)

d. sit, = be set (as a jewel) (Song of Solomon 5:12)

2.

a. remain, stay, tarry, (for a limited or indefinite time) (Genesis 24:55; Judges 19:4; 2 Samuel 16:8)

b. with special emphasis on qualifying phrase (Genesis 49:24; 1 Kings 22:1; Leviticus 12:4)

3. dwell, have one's abode, in (ב) a land, city, house, etc. (Genesis 4:16; Genesis 13:7; Genesis 13:12)

4. of a land or city, sit, abide seated in its place, figurative for be inhabited (Jeremiah 17:6; Jeremiah 17:25; Jeremiah 50:13)

Niph`al: be inhabited, (perhaps = be habitable), see Qal 4 (Jeremiah 6:8; Ezekiel 36:10; Ezekiel 26:19)

Pi`el: and they shall set their encampments (Ezekiel 25:4)

Hiph`il

1. cause to sit (1 Kings 2:24; 2 Chronicles 23:20; Job 36:7)

2. cause to abide (1 Samuel 30:21)

3.

a. cause to dwell (1 Samuel 12:8; 2 Kings 17:6; Hosea 12:10)

b. cause cities (עָרִים) to be inhabited (Ezekiel 36:33; Isaiah 54:3)

4. marry, (properly give a dwelling to (Psalms 113:9; Ezra 10:2; Ezra 10:10)

Hoph`al: see Qal 4 (Isaiah 5:8; Isaiah 44:26; Ezekiel 35:9)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 1,079 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 4:16 So Cain left the Lord’s presence and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
  • Genesis 4:20 Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the first of those who raise livestock and live in tents.
  • Genesis 11:2 As the people migrated to the east, they found a plain in the land of Babylonia and settled there.
  • Genesis 11:31 One day Terah took his son Abram, his daughter-in-law Sarai (his son Abram’s wife), and his grandson Lot (his son Haran’s child) and moved away from Ur of the Chaldeans. He was headed for the land of Canaan, but they stopped at Haran and settled there.
  • Genesis 13:6 But the land could not support both Abram and Lot with all their flocks and herds living so close together.
  • Genesis 13:7 So disputes broke out between the herdsmen of Abram and Lot. (At that time Canaanites and Perizzites were also living in the land.)
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