† I. יָבֵשׁ verb be dry, dried up, withered (Late Hebrew
id. (rare),
יְבֵישׁ, chiefly Pa. Ithp., Syriac
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; Sabean, Palmyrene derivatives; Arabic
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; Ethiopic
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) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular יָבֵשׁ Joshua 9:5 +
8 times;
וְיָבֵשׁ consecutive
Isaiah 19:5+
4 times;
3rd person feminine singular יָֽֽֽבְשָׁה Genesis 8:14;
3rd person plural יָֽֽֽבְשׁוּ Jeremiah 23:10 +
2 times;
יָבֵ֑שׁוּ Jeremiah 50:38 +
2 times;
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִבַשׁ Isaiah 19:7;
יִיבָ֑שׁ Jeremiah 12:4;
Job 8:12;
וַיִּיבַשׁ 1 Kings 17:7;
וַיִּיבָ֑שׁ Jonah 4:7;
3rd person feminine singular תִּיבַשׁ Ezekiel 17:10;
תִּיבָ֑שׁ Ezekiel 17:10 +
3 times, etc.;
Infinitive construct (בִּ)יבשׁ Isaiah 27:11;
יְבשֶׁת Genesis 8:7;
absolute יָבוֺשׁ Zechariah 11:17;
יָבשׁ Eccl 17:10; —
1. be dry, dried up without moisture:
Pi. make dry, dry up, only
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix
וַיַּבְּשֵׁהוּ Nahum 1:4 and hath made it dry (
י׳, the sea);
3rd person feminine singular תְּיַבֵּשׁ Job 15:30 the flame
shall dry up his branches (figurative of wicked); figurative
תְּיַבֶּשׁנָּֿ֑רֶם Proverbs 17:22 a broken spirit
maketh dry (
the)
bones.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הוֺבִישׁ Joshua 2:10 +
3 times +
Joel 1:10 (see below);
חֹבִישׁ Ezekiel 19:12 +
2 times Joel (see below);
3rd person feminine singular הוֺבִישָׁה Joel 1:12 (see below);
2nd person masculine singular הוֺבַשְׁתָּ Psalm 74:15;
1st person singular הוֺבַשְׁתִּי Ezekiel 17:24;
וְהוֺבַשְׁתִּ֫י Jeremiah 51:36;
3rd person plural וְהֹבִישׁוּ consecutive
Zechariah 10:11;
Imperfect 1st person singular אוֺבִישׁ Isaiah 42:15 (twice in verse);
Isaiah 44:27; —
dry up, make dry:
3. exhibit dryness: of river-deeps laid bare
Zechariah 10:11. — In like manner might be taken
Joel 1:10,
12 (twice in verse);
Joel 1:17, if from
יבשׁ; but the sense would be difficult, especially in
Joel 1:10;
Joel 1:12, and
הֹבִישׁוּ Joel 1:11 must be from
בּוֺשׁ, to which all these cases in Joel may be consistently assigned; see
בּוֺשׁ.
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