Strong's Lexicon

H3341

H3341 — יָצַת

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

HebrewyatsathverbOccurrences: 31TWOT: 899

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3341
Word:יָצַת
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:31
Transliteration:yatsath
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:yaw-tsath'
Meaning:1. to burn or set on fire 2. (figuratively) to desolate
KJV Renderings:burn (up), be desolate, set (on) fire ((fire)), kindle.

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BDB3680

[יָצַת] verb kindle, burn (intransitive) (Late Hebrew id. rare)) —

Qal Imperfect 3 feminine singular וַתִּצַּת Isa 9:17 יִצַּ֑תּוּ Isa 33:12; Jer 51:58 ( i. 431); 3 feminine plural תִּצַּתְנָה Jer 49:2 — kindle, intransitive, figurative of wickedness, Isa 9:17 followed by בָּאֵשׁ be kindled with fire ( = set on fire), of thorns (in simile) Isa 33:12, Jer 49:2 (of dependent towns and villages of Rabbah, under figure of daughters), Jer 51:58 (of gates of Babylon).
Niph`al Perfect נִצְּתָה 2Kgs 22:13 ; Jer 9:11 + Jer 2:15 Kt ( Qr נִצְּתוּ); וְנִצְּתָה consecutive 2Kgs 22:17; Jer 46:19 נִצְּתוּ Neh 1:3 + 2 t. + Jer 2:15 Qr (compare above); — be kindled, figurative of wrath of ׳ י, 2Kgs 22:13; 2Kgs 22:17 be burned, of gates of Jerusalem, followed by בָּאֵשׁ, Neh 1:3; Neh 2:17 = desolated Jer 2:15 (of cities of Israel), compare Jer 46:19; Jer 9:9 (of mountains and pastures); of land Jer 9:11 (|| אָֽבְדָה ).
Hiph`il Perfect הִצִּית Jer 11:16 1 singular וְהִצַּתִּי consecutive Jer 17:27 + 5 t.; והוציתיה 2Sam 14:30 Kt ; (< Qr וְהַצִּיתוּהָ Imperative, Ges«GKC:71»§ 71 i. 431); הִצִּיתוּ 2Sam 14:31 ; Jer 51:30 וְהִצִּיתוּ consecutive Jer 32:29 Imperfect וַיַּצֶּתֿ Lam 4:11 אֲצִיתֶנָּה Isa 27:4 (read אַצִּיתֶנָּה l.c. Gesl.c.); וַיַָּצִּיתוּ Josh 8:19 + 2 t.; תַּצִּיתוּ Josh 8:8 Imperative 2Sam 14:30 Qr , compare above; Participle מַצִּית Ezek 21:3 — kindle, set on fire, followed by accusative, עִיר + בָּאֵשׁ Josh 8:8; Josh 8:19 ( J E ), Jer 32:29 ( + שׂרף); field of corn, + בָּאֵשׂ 2Sam 14:30 (twice in verse); 2Sam 14:31 dwellings (no באשׁ) Jer 51:30, compare also Judg 9:49 also followed by accusative אֵשׁ + preposition לְ, Jer 11:16 (of Jerusalem under figure of olive-tree); elsewhere + בְּ, Amos 1:14, ׳ והצתי אשׁ ב (hence Jer 17:27; Jer 21:14; Jer 43:12; Jer 49:27; Jer 50:32) Lam 4:11; Ezek 21:3.


BDB7025

[צוּת]

Hiph`il Isa 27:4 see יצת .


צַח see צחח . צִחָא see צִיחָא below


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

יצת (yah-tzath’)

Jeremiah 50:32

KJV: And the most proud shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him.the…: Heb. pride
EHCC: and 7 will kindle a fire in his cities,

Jeremiah 51:30

KJV: The mighty men of Babylon have forborn to fight, they have remained in their holds: their might hath failed; they became as women: they have burned her dwellingplaces; her bars are broken.
EHCC: they have burned her dwellingp:aces ;

Amos 1:14

KJV: But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah, and it shall devour the palaces thereof, with shouting in the day of battle, with a tempest in the day of the whirlwind:
EHCC: But 7 will kindle a fire in the wall

Amos 282:14

EHCC: 30. go and set it on fire. 9

Joshua 8:8

KJV: And it shall be, when ye have taken the city, that ye shall set the city on fire: according to the commandment of the Lord shall ye do. See, I have commanded you.
EHCC: (that) ye shall set the city on fire:

Lamentations 4:11

KJV: The Lord hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.
EHCC: und hath kindled a fire in Zion,

Ezekiel 20:47

KJV: And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.
EHCC: (21:3).1 will kindle a fire in thee,
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