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יָשַׁב

ya.shavto dwellHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb1,078 occurrences38 books973 verses

Definition

a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Traditional renderings: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, × fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, × marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יָשַׁב:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,078 total
  1. Genesis 4:16וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב · and settled
    So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
  2. Genesis 4:20יֹשֵׁ֥ב · of those who dwell
    Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who dwell in tents and raise livestock.
  3. Genesis 11:2וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ · and settled
    And as people journeyed eastward, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there.
  4. Genesis 11:31וַיֵּ֥שְׁבוּ · they settled
    And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.
  5. Genesis 13:6לָשֶׁ֣בֶת · while they stayed; לָשֶׁ֥בֶת · to coexist
    But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.
  6. Genesis 13:7יֹשֵׁ֥ב · were also living
    And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.
  7. Genesis 13:12יָשַׁ֣ב · lived; יָשַׁב֙ · settled
    Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
  8. Genesis 13:18וַיֵּ֛שֶׁב · to live
    So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.
  9. Genesis 14:7הַיֹּשֵׁ֖ב · who lived
    Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
  10. Genesis 14:12יֹשֵׁ֖ב · was living
    They also carried off Abram’s nephew Lot and his possessions, since Lot was living in Sodom.
  11. Genesis 16:3לְשֶׁ֥בֶת · had lived
    So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.
  12. Genesis 18:1יֹשֵׁ֥ב · was sitting
    Then the LORD appeared to Abraham by the Oaks of Mamre in the heat of the day, while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent.
  13. Genesis 19:1יֹשֵׁ֣ב · was sitting
    Now the two angels arrived at Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gateway of the city. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them, bowed facedown,
  14. Genesis 19:25יֹשְׁבֵ֣י · the inhabitants
    Thus He destroyed these cities and the entire plain, including all the inhabitants of the cities and everything that grew on the ground.
  15. Genesis 19:29יָשַׁ֥ב · had lived
    So when God destroyed the cities of the plain, He remembered Abraham, and He brought Lot out of the catastrophe that destroyed the cities where he had lived.
  16. Genesis 19:30וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב · and settled; לָשֶׁ֣בֶת · to stay; וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ · lived
    Lot and his two daughters left Zoar and settled in the mountains—for he was afraid to stay in Zoar—where they lived in a cave.
  17. Genesis 20:1וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב · and settled
    Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,
  18. Genesis 20:15שֵֽׁב׃ · Settle wherever you please
    And Abimelech said, “Look, my land is before you. Settle wherever you please.”
  19. Genesis 21:16וַתֵּ֨שֶׁב · and sat down; וַתֵּ֣שֶׁב · And as she sat
    Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.
  20. Genesis 21:20וַיֵּ֙שֶׁב֙ · and settled
    And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.
  21. Genesis 21:21וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב · And while he was dwelling
    And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
  22. Genesis 22:5שְׁבוּ־ · Stay
    “Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told his servants. “The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you.”
  23. Genesis 22:19וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב · settled
    Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.
  24. Genesis 23:10יֹשֵׁ֖ב · was sitting
    Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,
  25. Genesis 24:3יוֹשֵׁ֥ב · am dwelling
    …and I will have you swear by the LORD, the God of heaven and the God of earth, that you will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites among whom I am dwelling,
  26. Genesis 24:37יֹשֵׁ֥ב · dwell
    My master made me swear an oath and said, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I dwell,
  27. Genesis 24:55תֵּשֵׁ֨ב · remain
    But her brother and mother said, “Let the girl remain with us ten days or so. After that, she may go.”
  28. Genesis 24:62יוֹשֵׁ֖ב · was living
    Now Isaac had just returned from Beer-lahai-roi, for he was living in the Negev.
  29. Genesis 25:11וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב · lived
    After Abraham’s death, God blessed his son Isaac, who lived near Beer-lahai-roi.
  30. Genesis 25:27יֹשֵׁ֖ב · who stayed
    When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
  31. Genesis 26:6וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב · settled
    So Isaac settled in Gerar.
  32. Genesis 26:17וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב · and settled
    So Isaac left that place and encamped in the Valley of Gerar and settled there.
  33. Genesis 27:19שְׁבָ֗ה · sit up
    Jacob said to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game, so that you may bless me.”
  34. Genesis 27:44וְיָשַׁבְתָּ֥ · Stay
    Stay with him for a while, until your brother’s fury subsides—
  35. Genesis 29:14וַיֵּ֥שֶׁב · After Jacob had stayed
    Then Laban declared, “You are indeed my own flesh and blood.” After Jacob had stayed with him a month,
  36. Genesis 29:19שְׁבָ֖ה · Stay here
    Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.”
  37. Genesis 31:34וַתֵּ֣שֶׁב · and was sitting
    Now Rachel had taken Laban’s household idols, put them in the saddlebag of her camel, and was sitting on them. And Laban searched everything in the tent but found nothing.
  38. Genesis 34:10תֵּשֵׁ֑בוּ · You may settle; שְׁבוּ֙ · Live here
    You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”
  39. Genesis 34:16וְיָשַׁ֣בְנוּ · We will dwell
    Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We will dwell among you and become one people.
  40. Genesis 34:21וְיֵשְׁב֤וּ · Let them live
    “These men are at peace with us. Let them live and trade in our land; indeed, it is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage and give our daughters to them.
  41. Genesis 34:22לָשֶׁ֣בֶת · to dwell
    But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.
  42. Genesis 34:23וְיֵשְׁב֖וּ · and they will dwell
    Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”
  43. Genesis 34:30בְּיֹשֵׁ֣ב · the people
    Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”
  44. Genesis 35:1וְשֶׁב־ · and settle
    Then God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and settle there. Build an altar there to the God who appeared to you when you fled from your brother Esau.”