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Lexicon :: Strong's H3341 - yāṣaṯ

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יָצַת
Transliteration
yāṣaṯ
Pronunciation
yaw-tsath'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 899

Strong’s Definitions

יָצַת yâtsath, yaw-tsath'; a primitive root; to burn or set on fire; figuratively, to desolate:—burn (up), be desolate, set (on) fire (fire), kindle.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's H3341 in the following manner: kindle (12x), burned (7x), set (7x), burn up (2x), desolate (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's H3341 in the following manner: kindle (12x), burned (7x), set (7x), burn up (2x), desolate (1x).

  1. to kindle, burn, set on fire

    1. (Qal) to kindle

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be kindled

      2. to be left desolate

    3. (Hiphil) to set on fire, kindle

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָצַת yâtsath, yaw-tsath'; a primitive root; to burn or set on fire; figuratively, to desolate:—burn (up), be desolate, set (on) fire (fire), kindle.
STRONGS H3341: Abbreviations
† [יָצַת] verb kindle, burn (intransitive) (Late Hebrew id. rare)) —
Qal Imperfect 3rd person feminine singular וַתִּצַּת Isaiah 9:17 [Isaiah 9:18]; יִצַּ֑תּוּ Isaiah 33:12; Jeremiah 51:58 (Köi. 431); 3rd person feminine plural תִּצַּתְנָה Jeremiah 49:2; — kindle, intransitive, figurative of wickedness, Isaiah 9:17 [Isaiah 9:18]; followed by בָּאֵשׁ be kindled with fire (= set on fire), of thorns (in simile) Isaiah 33:12, Jeremiah 49:2 (of dependent towns and villages of Rabbah, under figure of daughters), Jeremiah 51:58 (of gates of Babylon).
Niph. Perfect נִצְּתָה 2 Kings 22:13; Jeremiah 9:11 [Jeremiah 9:12] + Jeremiah 2:15 Kt (Qr נִצְּתוּ); וְנִצְּתָה consecutive 2 Kings 22:17; Jeremiah 46:19; נִצְּתוּ Nehemiah 1:3 2 times + Jeremiah 2:15 Qr (compare above); — be kindled, figurative of wrath of י׳, 2 Kings 22:13, 2 Kings 22:17; be burned, of gates of Jerusalem, followed by בָּאֵשׁ, Nehemiah 1:3; Nehemiah 2:17; = desolated Jeremiah 2:15 (of cities of Israel), compare Jeremiah 46:19; Jeremiah 9:9 [Jeremiah 9:10] (of mountains and pastures); of land Jeremiah 9:11 [Jeremiah 9:12] (|| אָֽבְדָה).
Hiph. Perfect הִצִּית Jeremiah 11:16; 1st person singular וְהִצַּתִּי consecutive Jeremiah 17:27 5 times; והוציתיה 2 Samuel 14:30 Kt; (< Qr וְהַצִּיתוּהָ Imperative, Ges§ 71 Köi. 431); הִצִּיתוּ 2 Samuel 14:31; Jeremiah 51:30; וְהִצִּיתוּ consecutive Jeremiah 32:29; Imperfect וַיַּצֶּתֿ Lamentations 4:11; אֲצִיתֶנָּה H6702Isaiah 27:4 (read אַצִּיתֶנָּה Köl. c. Gesl. c.); וַיַָּצִּיתוּ Joshua 8:19 2 times; תַּצִּיתוּ Joshua 8:8; Imperative 2 Samuel 14:30 Qr, compare above; Participle מַצִּית Ezekiel 21:3 [Ezekiel 20:47]; — kindle, set on fire, followed by accusative, עִיר + בָּאֵשׁ Joshua 8:8, Joshua 8:19 (JE), Jeremiah 32:29 (+ שׂרף); field of corn, + בָּאֵשׂ 2 Samuel 14:30 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 14:31; dwellings (no באשׁ) Jeremiah 51:30, compare also Judges 9:49; also followed by accusative אֵשׁ + preposition לְ, Jeremiah 11:16 (of Jerusalem under figure of olive-tree); elsewhere + בְּ, Amos 1:14, והצתי אשׁ ב׳ (hence Jeremiah 17:27; Jeremiah 21:14; Jeremiah 43:12; Jeremiah 49:27; Jeremiah 50:32) Lamentations 4:11; Ezekiel 21:3 [Ezekiel 20:47].
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Joshua

8:8; 8:8; 8:19; 8:19

Judges

9:49

2 Samuel

14:30; 14:30; 14:30; 14:31; 14:31

2 Kings

22:13; 22:13; 22:17; 22:17

Nehemiah

1:3; 1:3; 2:17

Isaiah

9:18; 9:18; 27:4; 33:12; 33:12

Jeremiah

2:15; 2:15; 2:15; 9:10; 9:12; 9:12; 11:16; 11:16; 17:27; 17:27; 21:14; 32:29; 32:29; 43:12; 46:19; 46:19; 49:2; 49:2; 49:27; 50:32; 51:30; 51:30; 51:58; 51:58

Lamentations

4:11; 4:11

Ezekiel

20:47; 20:47

Amos

1:14

H3341

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Strong's Number H3341 matches the Hebrew יָצַת (yāṣaṯ),
which occurs 31 times in 28 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:8 - “And it will be, when you have taken the city, that you shall set the city on fire. According to the commandment of the LORD you shall do. See, I have commanded you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:19 - So those in ambush arose quickly out of their place; they ran as soon as he had stretched out his hand, and they entered the city and took it, and hurried to set the city on fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:49

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49 - So each of the people likewise cut down his own bough and followed Abimelech, put them against the stronghold, and set the stronghold on fire above them, so that all the people of the tower of Shechem died, about a thousand men and women.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:30 - So he said to his servants, “See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire.” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:31 - Then Joab arose and came to Absalom’s house, and said to him, “Why have your servants set my field on fire?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:13 - “Go, inquire of the LORD for me, for the people and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that has been found; for great is the wrath of the LORD that is aroused against us, because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book, to do according to all that is written concerning us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 22:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:17 - ‘because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore My wrath shall be aroused against this place and shall not be quenched.’ ” ’

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 1:3 - And they said to me, “The survivors who are left from the captivity in the province are there in great distress and reproach. The wall of Jerusalem is also broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 2:17 - Then I said to them, “You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:18 - For wickedness burns as the fire;
It shall devour the briers and thorns,
And kindle in the thickets of the forest;
They shall mount up like rising smoke.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 33:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:12 - And the people shall be like the burnings of lime;
Like thorns cut up they shall be burned in the fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:15 - The young lions roared at him, and growled;
They made his land waste;
His cities are burned, without inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:10 - I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains,
And for the dwelling places of the wilderness a lamentation,
Because they are burned up,
So that no one can pass through;
Nor can men hear the voice of the cattle.
Both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled;
They are gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:12 - Who is the wise man who may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD has spoken, that he may declare it? Why does the land perish and burn up like a wilderness, so that no one can pass through?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:16 - The LORD called your name,
Green Olive Tree, Lovely and of Good Fruit.
With the noise of a great tumult
He has kindled fire on it,
And its branches are broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 17:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:27 - “But if you will not heed Me to hallow the Sabbath day, such as not carrying a burden when entering the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle a fire in its gates, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:14 - But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings,” says the LORD;
“I will kindle a fire in its forest,
And it shall devour all things around it.” ’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 32:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:29 - ‘And the Chaldeans who fight against this city shall come and set fire to this city and burn it, with the houses on whose roofs they have offered incense to Baal and poured out drink offerings to other gods, to provoke Me to anger;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 43:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:12 - “I[fn] will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them and carry them away captive. And he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment, and he shall go out from there in peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 46:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:19 - O you daughter dwelling in Egypt,
Prepare yourself to go into captivity!
For Noph[fn] shall be waste and desolate, without inhabitant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:2 - Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD,
“That I will cause to be heard an alarm of war
In Rabbah of the Ammonites;
It shall be a desolate mound,
And her villages shall be burned with fire.
Then Israel shall take possession of his inheritance,” says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:27 - “I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus,
And it shall consume the palaces of Ben-Hadad.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:32 - The most proud shall stumble and fall,
And no one will raise him up;
I will kindle a fire in his cities,
And it will devour all around him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:30 - The mighty men of Babylon have ceased fighting,
They have remained in their strongholds;
Their might has failed,
They became like women;
They have burned her dwelling places,
The bars of her gate are broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:58

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:58 - Thus says the LORD of hosts:

“The broad walls of Babylon shall be utterly broken,
And her high gates shall be burned with fire;
The people will labor in vain,
And the nations, because of the fire;
And they shall be weary.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 4:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 4:11 - The LORD has fulfilled His fury,
He has poured out His fierce anger.
He kindled a fire in Zion,
And it has devoured its foundations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:47 - “and say to the forest of the South, ‘Hear the word of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD: “Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree and every dry tree in you; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be scorched by it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 1:14 - But I will kindle a fire in the wall of Rabbah,
And it shall devour its palaces,
Amid shouting in the day of battle,
And a tempest in the day of the whirlwind.
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