BDB3774
יָשַׁב1090
verb
sit, remain, dwell (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic יְתֵיב,
[untranscribed source text 2336];
MI10; 31
ישב, Judg
1:8; Judg 1:19
וישב,
Judg 1:13
ואשב, dwell; Phoenician ישב
dwell; Zinjirli ישב
sit
DHMSendsch. 58; Assyrian
ašâbu
, sit, dwell,
DlHWB 244; Arabic
[untranscribed source text 2337]
leap, jump, Himyer. dialect sit,
Lane2919; Ethiopic
[untranscribed source text 2338] II. 1 secum cohabitare facere, marry, consummate marriage, compare
Hiph`il
4) —
Qal
Perfect 3 masculine singular
יָשַׁב
Gen 13:12 +;
2 masculine singular
יָשַׁבְתָּ
Judg 5:16,
וְיָשַׁבְתָּה נָ֑הּ consecutive
Deut 17:14 2 masculine plural
יְשַׁבְתֶּם
Deut 1:46;
Lev 18:3,
וִישַׁבְתֶּם consecutive
Lev 25:18 + 7 t., etc.;
Imperfect
יֵשֵׁב
1Sam 5:7 +,
יֵשֶׁבֿ
Gen 44:33;
Ezek 44:3,
יֵ֫שֶׁב before monosyll.
1Kgs 7:8;
Job 22:8
וַיֵּ֫שֶׁב
Gen 4:16 +;
וַיֵּשֶׁב֑
Ruth 4:1 1 singular
אֵשֵׁב
Judg 6:18 +,
וָאֵשֵׁב
Deut 9:9 + 3 t. +
Ezek 3:15b
(but
Co
אשׁר
Kt
);
אֵשְׁבָה
1Sam 27:5
אֵשֵׁבָ֑ה
Isa 49:20
וָאֵשְׁבָה
Ezek 9:3 3
masculine plural
יֵשְׁבוּ
Gen 47:4 +; 3
feminine plural
תישׁבנה
Ezek 35:9
Kt
(i.e.
תֵּישַׁבְנָה
Ol§ 242 d
Köi. 401),
Qr
תָּשׁוֺבְנָה (√
שׁוב),
Co proposes
תִּוָּשַׁבְנָה; 1 plural
נֵשֵׁב
Jer 42:13;
Jer 42:14,
וַנֵּ֫שֶׁב
Num 20:15 +
5 t.;
Imperative masculine singular
שֵׁב
Gen 20:15 +,
שֶׁבֿ
Gen 35:1
שְׁבָה
Gen 27:19 +;
feminine singular
שְׁבִי
Gen 38:11 +;
masculine plural
שְׁבוּ
Gen 22:5 +,
etc.;
Infinitive absolute
יָשֹׁבֿ
1Sam 20:5
construct
שֶׁ֫בֶת
1Sam 7:2 +;
שָׁ֑בֶת
Isa 40:22
+; suffix
שִׁבְתִּי
2Sam 7:5 +, etc.;
Participle masculine
י(וֺ)שׁב
Gen 4:20;
Gen 24:3 +, etc.;
feminine
ישְׁבָה
Nah 3:8
י(וֺ)שֶׁבֶת
Judg 4:5 +;
י(וֺ)שָׁ֑בֶת
Josh 2:5;
2Kgs 4:13
ישַׁבְתְּ֯י
Jer 22:23,
י(וֺ)שֶׁבֶת֯י
Jer 10:17;
Lam 4:21;
Ezek 27:3 (
Kt
preferable in all these, see
Ol§ 123 d
Ges«GKC:90»§ 90. 3
a); feminine
plural
ישְׁבוֺת
1Sam 27:8 —
1.
a.
sit on (עַל) a seat 1Sam 20:25, stone Exod 17:12, teraphim Gen 31:34
, couch Gen 48:2
(all
E
),
Ezek 23:41, knees 2Kgs 4:20, throne Exod 11:5; Exod 12:29 (
J
),
Deut 17:18;
1Sam 1:9;
1Sam 4:13; 1Kgs 1:13; 1Kgs 1:17; 1Kgs 1:20 +, see absolute below;
of ׳
י, הַיּשֵׁב עַלחֿוּג הָאֶרֶץ
Isa 40:22
dust Isa
47:1, ground (אֶרֶץ) Ezek 26:16, ashes Jonah 3:6 (these in token of
humiliation); sit down by (עַל) a well Exod 2:15 or pool 2Sam 2:13
with אֶל
1Sam 28:23
sit in (ב) house, street, doorway, assembly, etc. 2Sam 7:1; Judg 19:15
; Gen
38:14 (
J
),
Jer 15:17; Jer 26:10; Ps 1:1; Song 2:3 so Ezek 31:6; Ezek 31:17 (figurative); of No of Amon
(personified city) הַיּשְׁבָה בַּיְאֹרִים
Nah 3:8
she who sate amid the rivers; with לְ
sit on to (pregnantly) לָאָרֶץ
Isa 3:26;
Isa 47:1;
Lam 2:10,
לְכִסֵּא
Ps 9:5,
at, לְפֶתַח בית
Prov 9:14
, לִימִינוֺ(יׅ
1Kgs 2:19
; Ps 110:1
לַמַּבּוּל
Ps 29:10
with לִפְנֵי
Gen 43:33
(
J
), + שָׁם
Judg 20:26
; Judg 21:2
; 2Sam
7:18 = 1Chr 17:16 with עִם
1Sam 20:5;
Prov 31:22
with אֶתֿ
Jer 16:8;
Job 2:13
with תַּחַת
Judg 6:11;
Mic 4:4,
וַיֵּשֶׁב
תַּחְתֶּיהָ בַּצֵּל
Jonah 4:5
with מִנֶּגֶד
Gen 21:16
(twice in verse) (
E
), נֶגֶד
Isa 47:14
, מִקֶּדֶם לָעִיר
Jonah 4:5
מִצַּד
1Sam 20:25
; Ruth 2:14
with accusative of cognate meaning with verb Ezek 28:2
לִשְׁפֹּט
Exod 18:13
; Joel
4:12 (compare
Ps 9:5;
Isa 28:6); hence absolute of sitting as
king or judge
Exod 18:14
; Ps 61:8
; Mal 3:3
, יושׁבים
Isa 10:13
, perhaps
Amos 1:5;
Amos 1:8, especially of ׳
י
sitting (enthroned), Ps 2:4; Ps 9:8; Ps 29:10; Ps 55:20; Ps 102:13; Lam 5:19, so in ישֵׁב
(הַ)כְּרוּבִים
1Sam 4:4; 2Sam 6:2 =
1Chr 13:6
; 2Kgs
19:15;
Ps 99:1
ישֵׁב תְּהִלּוֺת יִשְׂרָאֵל
Ps 22:4
(see with עַל, above); by meton. of thrones, for the judges sitting on them שָׁמָּה
יָָֽשְׁבוּ כִסְאוֺת לְמִשְׁפָּט
Ps 122:5
הַיּשְׁבִים
Ruth 4:14,
i.e. in the gate (compare Ruth 4:11), those in whose presence purchase of land took place.
b.
sit, sit down, absolute, Judg 19:6; Ruth 4:1; Ruth 4:2; Neh 1:4; Jer 36:15 (followed
by clause of purpose, to eat, etc.) Gen 37:25; Esth 3:15 +; opposed to
קוּם
Exod 32:6
(
J
E
) Ps
139:2, מְאַחֲרֵי שֶׁבֶת
Ps 127:2
(opposed to מַשְׁכִּימֵי קוּם); so Isa 37:28 = 2Kgs 19:27 (read
לְפָנַי קֻמְךָ at end of 2Kgs 19:27 = 2Kgs 19:26
We in BlEinl. 4, 257
RsProph. 351, and n. 9); but also קוּמִי שְׁבִי
Isa 52:2
, explained by (וַיָּקָם מֵהָאָרֶץ וַיֵּשֶׁב
אֶלהַֿמִּטָּה
1Sam
28:23 and) 2Sam 19:9.
c.
sit down outside (חוּץ), i.e. perform a necessity of nature Deut
23:14.
d.
sit = be set (as a jewel), ישְׁבוֺתּ
עַלמִֿלֵּאת
Song 5:12
set on a filling (i.e. in a setting, De
and others), in description of eyes; (> others sitting by full streams
).
2.
a.
remain, stay, tarry (for a limited or indefinite time), with אֶת person
Gen 24:55
(
J
),
Judg
19:4;
2Sam 16:8 with עִם person Gen 27:44 (
J
), עִמָּדִי
Gen 29:19
(
E
),
Judg 17:10 with בְ local 1Sam 7:2 (of ark), 1Sam 13:16; 1Sam 14:2
; 1Sam
24:4 (1Sam 23:25
read אֲשֶׁר for וַיֵּשֶׁב
ᵐ5
We
Dr
Klo
Kit
Bu), 2Sam 10:5; 2Sam 19:25 (where read
שִׁבְתּוֺ for
שִׁיבָתוֺ
Dr
Klo
Bu, see We), Num 35:25
(
P
),
Job 24:13 with שָׁם
1Kgs
11:16
, שָׁם עַדעֿוֺלָם
1Sam 1:22
with על (by) 1Sam 25:13; 1Sam 30:24
פֹּה
2Kgs 7:4
שְׁבוּ לָכֶם פֹּה עִםֿ
הַחֲמוֺר
Gen 22:5
(
E
); with בֵּין
Judg 5:16
,
מִחוּץ לְ
Lev 14:8
(
P
),אֵצֶל
1Sam
20:19
with accusative בית
2Sam 6:11
; 2Sam
13:20;
Ruth
2:7 absolute 1Sam 1:23 (twice in verse); abide, endure
Mic 5:3,
וְיהוּדָה לְעוֺלָם
תֵּשֵׁב
Joel 4:20
, so of Mt. Zion
Ps 121:1.
b. with special emphasis on qualifying
phrase, וַתֵּשֶׁב בְּאֵיתָן
קַשְׁתּוֺ
Gen 49:24
and his bow abode as a firm one (poem in
J
);
1Kgs 22:1
and they continued three years without war; of woman remaining
בִּדְמֵי טָהֳרָה
Lev 12:4
,
׳
עלדֿמי וגו Lev 12:5.
3.
dwell, have one's abode in (ב) a land, city, house, etc., Gen 4:16;
Gen 13:7
;
Gen 13:12
(twice in verse); Gen 19:29; Gen 24:37; Gen 24:62; Deut 1:4; Deut 3:2; Josh 20:6; 2Sam 7:6 +
often (on
2Sam 21:16
see ישׁבו בְנֹב, p. 444); in tents Jer 35:7; Jer 35:10; 1Chr 5:10
figurative of justice (
צְדָקָה) Isa 32:16 (|| וְשָׁכֵן מִשְׁפָּט); in the midst of (
בְּקֶרֶב) Gen 24:3; Josh 13:13; Josh 16:10; Judg 1:30; Judg 1:32
; Judg
1:33;
Judg 3:5 so with
בְּתוֺךְ
Gen 23:10
(
P
); with עַל + הארץ, of God 1Kgs 8:27 = 2Chr 6:18
of people
Lev 25:18
; Lev
25:19
;
Lev
26:35 (
H
); with לְ
Job
15:28
with בֵּין
Gen 20:1
(
E
); dwell with (אֶת) Gen 34:16; Gen 34:22
(
P
),
Exod
2:21 (
E
),
Josh 15:63 (
J
E
),
Judg
1:16;
Judg 1:21; Judg 17:11
יֵשְׁבוּ
יְשָׁרִים אֶתפָּֿנֶיךָ
Ps
140:14
so with עִם
Josh 20:4
;
Deut
23:17
(+ בקרב), Ps 26:4 (i.e. assoc. with); with
יַחְדָּו
Gen 13:6
(twice in verse) (
J
),
Gen
36:7 (
P
),
Deut
25:5
שֶׁבֶת גַּםיָֿ֑חַד
Ps 133:1
dwell in their stead (תַּחְתָּם) Deut 2:12 (twice in verse);
Deut 2:22
;
Deut 2:23
;
1Chr 4:41
; 1Chr 5:22
absolute לָשֶׁבֶת יְצָרָהּ
Isa
45:18
for dwelling he formed it (the earth); (thy)
dwelling-place is מְקוֺם שִׁבְתְּךָ
1Kgs 8:30
= 2Chr 6:21
, also ׳
מְכוֺן שׁ
1Kgs 8:39
; 1Kgs 8:43
;
1Kgs
8:49 =
2Chr 6:30; 2Chr 6:33; 2Chr 6:39, so Ps 33:14
׳
מָכוֺן לְש֔
Exod
15:17
;
1Kgs
8:13 =
2Chr 6:2. Participle
ישֵׁב = substantive, dweller, inhabitant, very often (c. 215
t.):
e.g. ישֵׁב אהלים
Gen 25:27
(
J
); often collective ישֵׁב אהל
Gen 4:20
(
J
), ישׁב הָאָרֶץ
Gen 34:30
;
Gen
50:11 (both
J
),
Exod 34:12; Exod 34:15 (
J
E
); also in poetry f., (as collective; see Dr on 1Sam 17:21
) יוֺשֶׁבֶת שָׁפִיר etc.,
MI
1Sam 1:11
(twice in verse);
1Sam 1:12;
1Sam 1:13;
1Sam 1:15
יוֺשֶׁבֶת צִיּוֺן
Isa 12:6
;
Jer
51:35
similarly Jer 10:17;
Jer
21:23
;
Jer
48:19 (compare Lam 4:21) Zech 2:11 with בת in app. (
Da§28 R. 6), יוֺשֶׁבֶת בַּתמִֿצְרַיִם
Jer
46:19
, so
Jer 48:18 more usually plural ישְׁבֵי הֶעָרִים
Gen 19:25
(
J
), compare Deut 13:14
ישְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ
Exod
23:21
(
J
E
), compare Exod 15:14; Exod 15:15 (poem in
E
); ישְׁבֵי תֵבֵל
Isa 18:3
,
יוֺשְׁבֵי חָ֑דֶל
Isa
38:11
, etc.; ישְׁבֶיהָ
Lev 18:25
;
Lev
25:10 (
H
),
Num 13:32 (
P
); absolute יוֺשֵׁב (collective) Amos 1:5; Amos 1:8; Isa 49:19
הַיוֺשְׁבִים
1Chr 9:2
also
(strangely) ישְׁבוֺת הארץ
1Sam 27:8
=
the populations of the land
We
Dr (elsewhere in this sense only feminine singular and in
poetry,
see above); frequently in phrase without in habitant (i.e. so that there shall be
no
inhabitants), מֵאֵין ישׁב
Isa 5:9;
Isa 6:4;
Isa 26:9
;
Isa
33:10
;
Isa
34:23
;
Jer
44:22; Jer 46:19; Jer 51:29; Jer 51:37; Zeph 2:5; Zeph 3:6
מֵאֵין יוֺשֵׁב בָּהֶן
Jer 48:9
מִבְּלִי ישֵׁב
Jer 2:15
;
Jer 9:10
לאֹ יִהְיֶה יוֺשֵב בָּהּ
Jer 50:3
לְבִלְתִּי
הֱיוֺתבּֿוֺ יוֺשֵׁב
Jer
51:62
.
4. of a land or city, sit, abide seated in its place, figurative for
be inhabited
Jer 17:6;
Jer 17:25
;
Jer 50:13
;
Jer 50:39
;
Ezek 26:20
;
Ezek
29:11;
Ezek 36:35; Isa 13:20 (|| לאֹ תִּשְׁכּוֺן), Zech 2:8; Zech 9:5; Zech 14:11
יָָֽשְׂבָה תַּחְתֶּיהָ
Zech 12:6
;
Zech 14:10
; Ezek
35:9
Kt
is תישׁבנה,
Qr
תָּשׁוֺבְנָה; Co
תושׁבנה, i.e. Niph`al תִּוָּשַׁבְנָה (compare Ezek 36:10), or Hoph`al
תּוּשַׁבְנָה (compare Isa 44:26); of palace, וְאַרְמוֺן עַלמִֿשְׁפָּטוֺ יֵשֵׁב
Jer 30:18
.
Niph`al
Perfect 3 feminine singular נוֺשָׁ֑בָה
Jer 6:8 3
plural וְנָֽשְׁבוּ consecutive Ezek 36:10, נוֺשָׂ֑בוּ
Ezek
26:19
, נוֺשָׁ֑בֻ֯ה
Jer 22:6
Participle feminine נוֺשֶׁבֶת
Ezek
26:17
( < נִשְׁבַּתְּ
ᵐ5
Co, √ שׁבת), נוֺשָׁ֑בֶת
Exod
16:35
plural נוֺשָׁבוֺת
Ezek
12:20
;
Ezek 38:12 — be inhabited, of land Exod 16:35 (perhaps =
be
habitable),
Jer 6:8 of cities Jer 22:6; Ezek 12:20; Ezek 26:19; Ezek
36:10
חֳרָבוֺת נוֺשָׁבוֺת
Ezek
38:12
—
Ezek 26:17 see above; Ezek 35:9 see
Qal
4.
Pi`el
Perfect 3 masculine plural וְיִשְּׁבוּ טִירוֺתֵיהֶם בָּ֑ךְ
Ezek
25:4
and they shall set their encampments in thee (
ᵐ5
ᵑ6
Co
וְיֵשְׁבוּ
inhabit.
Hiph`il
Perfect 3 masculine singular
השִׁיב
Ezra 10:14, suffix
הוֺשַׁיבַנִי
Lam 3:6
;
Ps
143:3 1 singular
הוֺשַׁבְתִּי
Lev
23:33,
וְה(וֺ)שַׁבְתִּים consecutive
Hos 11:11;
Jer
32:37
וְהוֺשְׁבוֺתִים consecutive
Zech 10:6 (
Köi, 413; but probably text error, see
Thes
and
GesLgb 464; read probably
וַהֲשִׁבוֺתִים as
Zech 10:10, so
StaZAW. 1881, 21
We), etc.;
Imperfect 3 masculine singular
וַיּוֺשֵׁב
Gen
47:11,
וַיּוֺ֫שֶׁב
2Chr 8:2
;
Ps 107:36 suffix
וַיּוֺשִׁיבַי֯נִי
1Kgs
2:24 (
Köi, 414. 224);
וַיּשִׁיבֵם
Job 36:7
1 plural
ונּ֫שֶׁב
Ezra
10:2, etc.;
Imperative masculine singular
הוֺשֵׁב
Gen 47:6
masculine plural
ה(וֺ)שִׁיבוּ
1Kgs
21:9;
1Kgs 21:10
Infinitive construct
ה(וֺ)שִׁיב
1Sam 2:8
;
Neh
13:27
הוֺשִׁיבִי
Ps
113:8 (
Ol§ 123 d; read
בוֺ
-, see
Che);
Participle absolute
מוֺשִׁיב
Ps 68:7
, construct
מוֺשִׁיבִי
Ps
113:9 (
Oll.c.
Gesl.c.); —
1.
cause to sit with accusative of person + על כסא
1Kgs 2:24; 2Chr 23:20 so (without על כסא) +
לָנֶצַח
Job
36:7
set, place with accusative of person + נֶגְדּוֺ
1Kgs
21:10, also 1Kgs 21:9, 1Kgs 21:12
(בְּראֹשׁ הָעָם).
2.
cause to abide (accusative of person) at (ב
)
1Sam 30:21.
3.
a.
cause to dwell, with accusative of person + ב location 1Sam
12:8;
2Kgs 17:6; Hos 12:10; Gen 47:6; Gen
47:11 (
P
),
Lev 23:43 (
H
),
Lam
3:6; Ps
143:3
בְּאֶרֶץ תַּחְתִיּוֺת
Ezek
26:20 accusative of person omitted 2Kgs 17:24;
2Kgs
17:26 accusative of person + שָׁם
2Chr
8:2; Ps 107:36 accusative of person + עַלהַֿבָּתִּים
Hos 11:11 (but read וַהֲשִׁבֹתִים
We); accusative of person omitted, with עם
person
1Sam 2:8; Ps 113:8
מוֺשִׁיב
יְחִידִים בַּ֫יְתָה
Ps
68:7
causing solitary ones to dwell in a house (or is מוֺשִׁיב
for מֵשִׁיב
Bae?); with accusative of person only עֲקֶרֶת
הַבַּיִת
׳
מושׁ
Ps 113:9
giving a dwelling to her that is barren of house; absolute with
לָבֶ֫טַח
Jer 32:37;
Ps 4:9 absolute with כְּקַדְמוֺתֵיכֶם
Ezek
36:11. On Zech 10:6, see above
b.
cause cities (עָרִים) to be inhabited
Ezek 36:33; Isa 54:3.
4.
marry (properly give a dwelling to, compare Ps
113:9), only Ezra Nehemiah, and only with accusative נָשִׁים נָכְרִיּוֺת
strange or foreign women
Ezra 10:2; Ezra 10:10; Ezra 10:14;
Ezra 10:17; Ezra 10:18; Neh 13:27 so השִׁיבוּ
נָשִׁים אַשְׁדֳּו֯דִיּוֺת
Neh 13:23.
Hoph`al
Perfect
וְהוּשַׁבְתֶּם לְבַדְּכֶם בְּקֶרֶב הָאָ֑רֶץ
Isa
5:8
and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land. Imperfect
הָאֹמֵר לִירוּשָׁלַםִ תּוּשָׁב֑
Isa
44:26
he who saith of Jerusalem, she shall be inhabited.
Ezek
35:9
see
Qal
4.
BDB9601
יְתִב (K§ 25 a) β)) verb
sit, dwell (
ᵑ7
Syriac; see Biblical Hebrew ישׁב); —
Pe`al
1.
sit, be seated: Perfect 3 masculine singular יְתִב
Dan 7:9 and (of
judgment = the judge)
Dan 7:10, so Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִתִּ֑ב (K§ 43.1.Beisp. b), compare Biblical Hebrew יֵשֵׁב
)
Dan 7:26.
2.
dwell, Participle plural absolute יָתְבִין
Ezra 4:17 (
ב location).
Haph`el
cause to dwell: Perfect 3 masculine singular הוֺתֵב
Ezra 4:10
(accusative + ב location).