Strong's Lexicon

H3320

H3320 — יָצַב

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewyatsabverbOccurrences: 48TWOT: 894

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3320
Word:יָצַב
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:48
Transliteration:yatsab
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:yaw-tsab'
Meaning:1. to place (any thing so as to stay) 2. reflexively, to station, offer, continue
KJV Renderings:present selves, remaining, resort, set (selves), (be able to, can, with-) stand (fast, forth, -ing, still, up).

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BDB3665

[יָצַב] verb only Hithpa`el set or station oneself, take one's stand ( ᵑ7 יצב Pa`el & derivatives; Arabic [untranscribed source text 2274] be constant, firm) —

Hithpa`el Perfect 3 plural הִתְיַצְּבוּ 2Chr 11:13 ׳ וְהִת consecutive Num 11:16 Imperfect יִתְיַצֵּב Deut 7:24 + 6 t.; יִתְיַצָּ֑ב Job 41:2 יִתְיַצַּ֑ב Prov 22:29 וַיִּתְיַצֵּב 1Sam 3:10 + 5 t.; 3 feminine singular וַתֵּתַצֵּב Exod 2:4 (but read וַתִּתְיַצֵּב compare Sam Ges«GKC:71»§ 71 i, 430); 2 masculine singular תִּתְיַצֵּב 2Sam 18:13 וְאֶתְיַצְּבָה Hab 2:1 יִתְיַצְּבוּ Ps 2:2 + 2 t.; וַיִּתְיַצְּבוּ Exod 19:17 + 4 t.; Imperative הִתְיַצֵּב Exod 8:16 + 5 t.: הִתְיַצְּבוּ 1Sam 10:19 + 6 t.; Infinitive construct (מֵ)הִתְיַצֵּב 2Sam 21:5 + 4 t.; — station oneself, take one's stand, stand:
a. with phrase of place, Exod 2:4 ( E , with מֵרָחוֺק), 2Sam 18:13 (with מִנֶּגֶד), figurative = stand aloof ( VB Dr); 2Sam 18:30 (with כֹּה, || עָמַד): with ב loc, Exod 19:17; Num 22:22 (both E ), Judg 20:2 ; Deut 31:14 (twice in verse), also (in sense of having a place or position ) נִשְׁמַדְנוּ מֵהִתְיַצֵּב בְּכָלגְּֿבֻל יִשְׂרָאֵל 2Sam 21:5 with בְּתוֺךְ person 1Sam 10:23, location 2Sam 23:12 = 2Chr 11:14 with עַל location, at, by Num 23:3; Num 23:15 ( J E ), upon Hab 2:1 (|| עמד), Ps 36:5 (figurative); with עַל person see below; with שָׁם and עִם person Exod 34:5 (subject ׳ י), Num 11:16 (both J E ).
b. absolute 1Sam 3:10 (׳ י subject); especially of standing quiet and passive, to see the mighty deliverance of ׳ י Exod 14:13 ( J ), 1Sam 12:7 ; 1Sam 12:16; 2Chr 20:17 (|| עמד); of taking a stand to fight 1Sam 17:16; Ps 2:2 in military array Jer 46:4 (with ב accompare), Jer 46:14 (|| הָכֵן לָךְ); to answer a charge Job 33:5 וְיִתְיַצְּבוּ כְמוֺ לְבוּשׁ Job 38:14 and they (terrestrial things) stand forth (in the light) like a garment.
c. with לִפְנֵי person = present oneself before Exod 8:16; Exod 9:13 (both J ), Prov 22:29 (twice in verse); ׳ לִפְנֵי י Josh 24:1 ( E ), 1Sam 10:19 (see also d.); so as servants or courtiers (see לְ 6.c.), with implication of readiness for service עַלאֲֿדֹנָי Zech 6:5 ׳ לְ י Job 1:6; Job 2:1 (twice in verse).
d. with לְַ person take one's stand on the side of 2Chr 11:13 with ל, מִייִֿתְצֵּב לִי עִם Ps 94:16 who will take a stand forme against the workers of iniquity (|| מִי יָקוּם לִי עִם); of holding one's ground, maintaining one's position before ׳ י ( לְנֶגֶד עֵינֶיךָ ׅ Ps 5:6 so with לִפְנֵי Josh 1:5 ( D ), Deut 9:2; Job 41:2 with בְּפָנֶיךָ Deut 7:24 ; Deut 11:25 absolute וְאֵין עִמְּךָ לְהִתִיַצֵּב 2Chr 20:6


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יצב (yah-tzav’)

Numbers 11:16

KJV: And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
EHCC: that they may stand there with thee.

Job 1:6

KJV: Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, and Satan came also among them.Satan: Heb. the adversaryamong: Heb. in the midst of
EHCC: &2:1. sons of God cameto present themselves

Job 19:17

KJV: My breath is strange to my wife, though I intreated for the children’s sake of mine own body.mine…: Heb. my belly
EHCC: and they stood at the nether part of the

Numbers 22:22

KJV: And God’s anger was kindled because he went: and the angel of the Lord stood in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.
EHCC: aad the angel of the Lord stood in the way

Deuteronomy 7:24

KJV: And he shall deliver their kings into thine hand, and thou shalt destroy their name from under heaven: there shall no man be able to stand before thee, until thou have destroyed them.
EHCC: there shail no man be able to stand before

Deuteronomy 9:2

KJV: A people great and tall, the children of the Anakims, whom thou knowest, and of whom thou hast heard say, Who can stand before the children of Anak!
EHCC: can stand before the children of Anak !

Deuteronomy 11:25

KJV: There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
EHCC: There shall no man be able to stand before

Deuteronomy 31:14

KJV: And the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
EHCC: and presented themselves in the tabernacle

Joshua 1:5

KJV: There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
EHCC: There shall not any man be able to stand

Judges 20:2

KJV: And the chief of all the people, even of all the tribes of Israel, presented themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen that drew sword.
EHCC: And the chief...presented themselves in the

Judges 10:23

EHCC: stood am peopl

Judges 17:16

EHCC: and presented Rimecl forty anya’

Judges 23:12

EHCC: But he stood in the midst of the ground,

1 Chronicles 11:14

KJV: And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the Lord saved them by a great deliverance.set…: or, stooddeliverance: or, salvation
EHCC: And they set themseloes in the midst of (that)

Job 38:14

KJV: It is turned as clay to the seal; and they stand as a garment.
EHCC: and they stand as a garment.

Job 36:4

KJV: For truly my words shall not be false: he that is perfect in knowledge is with thee.
EHCC: (5).he setteth Kmself in ₪ way (that is) not

Job 94:16

EHCC: who will stand wp for me

Proverbs 22:29

KJV: Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.mean…: Heb. obscure men
EHCC: he shall stend before kings; he shall not
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