Midvash

נָשַׁתnâshath

be dry, parched

Pronunciation: naw-shath' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5405

Meanings

Qal: is dry, i.e. fails (Isaiah 41:17; Jeremiah 51:30)

Niph`al: be dried up (Isaiah 19:5; Jeremiah 18:14)

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Isaiah 19:5 The waters of the Nile will fail to rise and flood the fields. The riverbed will be parched and dry.
  • Isaiah 41:17 “When the poor and needy search for water and there is none, and their tongues are parched from thirst, then I, the Lord, will answer them. I, the God of Israel, will never abandon them.
  • Jeremiah 51:30 Her mightiest warriors no longer fight. They stay in their barracks, their courage gone. They have become like women. The invaders have burned the houses and broken down the city gates.

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).