Strong's Lexicon

H3331

H3331 — יַצַע

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

Hebrewyatsaverb-stemOccurrences: 4TWOT: 896

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3331
Word:יַצַע
Part of Speech:verb-stem
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:4
Transliteration:yatsa
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:` (yaw-tsah') v.
Meaning:1. to strew as a surface
KJV Renderings:make (one's) bed, X lie, spread.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB3667

[יָצַע] verb Hiph`il lay, spread, late (Ges«GKC:71»§ 71; Aramaic יְצַע Pa`el, Aph`el id., also expound, 'auslegen;' Arabic [untranscribed source text 2275] is put or lay (down, on a place, etc.), but [untranscribed source text 2276] = Aramaic ע) —

Hiph`il Imperfect יַצִּיעַ Isa 58:5 אַצִּ֫יעָה Ps 139:8 lay, spread out, followed by accusative שׂק ואפר Isa 58:5 שׁאול Ps 139:8 if I spread out Sh®°ôl (as my couch).
Hoph`al Imperfect יֻצַּע ( Pu`al Perfect De Di and others) be laid, spread; subject שׂק ואפר Esth 4:3 subject רִמָּה worm, as couch for king of Babylon Isa 14:11.


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יצע (yah-tzag’)

Psalms 139:8

KJV: If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
EHCC: 9f I make my bed in hell,

Isaiah 58:5

KJV: Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the Lord?a day…: or, to afflict his soul for a day?
EHCC: to spread sackcloth and ashes (under him)?

Esther 4:3

KJV: And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.many…: Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many
EHCC: many lay in sackcloth and ashes. (marg.

Isaiah 14:11

KJV: Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.
EHCC: the worm is spread ler thee,
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