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I. יָבֵשׁ verb be dry, dried up, withered (Late Hebrew id. (rare), ᵑ7 יְבֵישׁ, chiefly Pa`al, Ithpe`el, Syriac [untranscribed source text 2159]; Sabean, Palmyrene derivatives; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2160]; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 2161]) —
Qal
Perfect 3 masculine singular יָבֵשׁ
Josh 9:5 + 8 t.;
וְיָבֵשׁ consecutive Isa 19:5+ 4 t.; 3 feminine singular יָבְשָׁה
Gen 8:14 3 plural
יָבְשׁוּ
Jer 23:10 + 2
t.; יָבֵ֑שׁוּ
Jer 50:38 + 2
t.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִבַשׁ
Isa 19:7
יִיבָ֑שׁ
Jer 12:4; Job 8:12
וַיִּיבַשׁ
1Kgs 17:7
וַיִּיבָ֑שׁ
Jonah 4:7 3 feminine
singular תִּיבַשׁ
Ezek 17:10
תִּיבָ֑שׁ Ezek 17:10 + 3 t., etc.; Infinitive construct
(בִּ)יבשׁ
Isa 27:11
יְבשֶׁת
Gen 8:7
absolute
יָבוֺשׁ
Zech 11:17
יָבשׁ
Eccl 17:10 —
1.
be dry, dried up without moisture:
a. of bread Josh 9:5; Josh 9:12 (
J
E
).
b. of ground lacking rain Amos 4:7, compare Amos 1:2 (of Carmel at utterance of ׳
י's voice), Jer 23:10.
c. of earth after the flood Gen 8:14 (
P
), compare חָרֵב
d. of grass, herbage, trees and crops (already implied in b. =
wither
Isa 15:6;
Isa 19:7;
Isa 27:11
;
Jer 12:4;
Job 8:12;
Joel 1:12
;
Jonah 4:7 in
simile of shortness of life Ps 90:6; Ps 102:12; Ps 129:6, see also Isa 40:7; Isa 40:8 (in these two ||
נָבֵל
); of heart under figure of grass Ps 102:5 of Judah under figure of vine Ezek 17:9 (twice in verse); Ezek 17:10
(3 t. in verse),
compare
Ezek
19:12 of princes under figure of tree Isa 40:24 of roots of Ephraim under figure of tree
Hos 9:16,
so of
roots of wicked
Job 18:16.
e. of hand, arm, dry up, wither, as judgment
from ׳
י, 1Kgs 13:4; Zech 11:17 (twice in verse); in distress יָבֵשׁ
כַּחֶרֶשׁ
כֹּחִי
Ps 22:16
my strength is dried up like the potsherd; of skin Lam 4:8, and (figurative) of bones
Ezek 37:11
.
2.
be dried up: of water Gen 8:7 (
J
), Isa
19:5
; 1Kgs
17:7
; Jer
50:38;
Joel 1:20; Job 12:15; Job 14:11.
Pi`el
make dry, dry up, only Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix
וַיַּבְּשֵׁהוּ
Nah 1:4
and hath made it dry (׳
י, the sea); 3 feminine singular תְּיַבֵּשׁ
Job 15:30
the flame shall dry up his branches (figurative of wicked); figurative
תְּיַבֶּשׁנָּֿ֑רֶם
Prov 17:22
a broken spirit maketh dry (the) bones.
Hiph`il
Perfect 3 masculine singular הוֺבִישׁ
Josh 2:10
+ 3 t. +
Joel 1:10 (see below); חֹבִישׁ
Ezek
19:12 + 2 t. Joel (see below); 3 feminine singular הוֺבִישָׁה
Joel 1:12
(see below); 2 masculine singular הוֺבַשְׁתָּ
Ps 74:15
1 singular הוֺבַשְׁתִּי
Ezek
17:24
וְהוֺבַשְׁתִּ֫י
Jer
51:36 3 plural וְהֹבִישׁוּ consecutive Zech 10:11
Imperfect 1 singular אוֺבִישׁ
Isa
42:15 (twice in verse); Isa 44:27 — dry up, make dry:
1.
dry up water, ׳
י subject, Josh 2:10; Josh 4:23 (twice in verse); Josh 5:1 (all
D
),
Jer 51:36 (|| הֶחֱרִיב), Isa 42:15; Isa
44:27 (חֳרָבִי in || clause), Ps 74:15.
2.
make dry, wither: herbage, trees, crops, etc., of ׳
י, Isa 42:15 (|| החריב); object Babylon under figure
of tree
Ezek 17:24 of east wind's drying up Judah's fruit Ezek
19:12.
3.
exhibit dryness: of river-deeps laid bare Zech 10:11. — In like manner might
be taken
Joel 1:10; Joel 1:12 (twice in verse); Joel 1:17, if from
יבשׁ; but the sense would be difficult, especially in Joel 1:10 Joel
1:12, and הֹבִישׁוּ Joel 1:11 must be from בּוֺשׁ,
to which all these cases in Joel may be consistently assigned; see
בּוֺשׁ
.