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Lexicon :: Strong's H3423 - yāraš

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יָרַשׁ
Transliteration
yāraš
Pronunciation
yaw-rash'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 920

Strong’s Definitions

יָרַשׁ yârash, yaw-rash'; or יָרֵשׁ yârêsh; a primitive root; to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin:—cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, × without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, × utterly.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 232x

The KJV translates Strong's H3423 in the following manner: possess (116x), ...out (46x), inherit (21x), heir (10x), possession (6x), succeed (5x), dispossess (4x), poverty (3x), drive (2x), enjoy (2x), poor (2x), expelled (2x), utterly (2x), miscellaneous (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 232x
The KJV translates Strong's H3423 in the following manner: possess (116x), ...out (46x), inherit (21x), heir (10x), possession (6x), succeed (5x), dispossess (4x), poverty (3x), drive (2x), enjoy (2x), poor (2x), expelled (2x), utterly (2x), miscellaneous (11x).
  1. to seize, dispossess, take possession off, inherit, disinherit, occupy, impoverish, be an heir

    1. (Qal)

      1. to take possession of

      2. to inherit

      3. to impoverish, come to poverty, be poor

    2. (Niphal) to be dispossessed, be impoverished, come to poverty

    3. (Piel) to devour

    4. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause to possess or inherit

      2. to cause others to possess or inherit

      3. to impoverish

      4. to dispossess

      5. to destroy, bring to ruin, disinherit

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָרַשׁ yârash, yaw-rash'; or יָרֵשׁ yârêsh; a primitive root; to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin:—cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, × without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, × utterly.
STRONGS H3423: Abbreviations
יָרַשׁ 229 verb take possession of, inherit, dispossess (MI7 וירש take possession of; Aramaic יְרֵית, bdb043903, take possession of, and be heir to, inherit; so Ethiopic bdb043904 Arabic bdb043905 inherit; see also Sabean ורתֿ inherit, CISiv, 37, 3), especially D (62 times Qal, + 1 times Pi, + 7 times Hiph. in Deuteronomy + 13 times D in Joshua); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular יָרַשׁ Jeremiah 49:1; וְיָרַשׁ consecutive Jeremiah 49:2; Numbers 27:11; 2nd person masculine singular יָרָ֑שְׁתָּ 1 Kings 21:19; וְיָרַשְׁתָּ֫ Deuteronomy 6:18 + 2 times; suffix וִירִשְׁתָּהּ consecutive Deuteronomy 17:14 + 2 times on this and kindred forms see Köi. 406, 411); וִירִשְׁתָּם consecutive Deuteronomy 19:1; Deuteronomy 31:3; 3rd person plural יָֽֽֽרְשׁוּ Deuteronomy 3:20 +; suffix וִיִרֵשׁוּךָ consecutive Ezekiel 36:12 (Köl.c.); וִירֵשׁוּהָ consecutive Isaiah 34:11 + 3 times; 2nd person masculine plural וִירִשְׁתֶּם consecutive Deuteronomy 4:1 + 7 times; 1st person plural יָרַשְׁנוּ Deuteronomy 3:12, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִירַשׁ Genesis 21:10; Psalm 25:13; 2nd person masculine plural תִּירְשׁוּ Leviticus 20:24; 1 Chronicles 28:8; תִּירָ֑שׁוּ Ezekiel 33:25, 26; תִּירָשׁ֑וּן Deuteronomy 5:30, etc.; Imperative masculine singular יְרָ֑שָׁה Deuteronomy 33:23; רֵשׁ Deuteronomy 1:21; 1 Kings 21:15; רָ֑שׁ Deuteronomy 2:24, 31; masculine plural וּרְשׁוּ Deuteronomy 1:8; Deuteronomy 9:23; Infinitive construct לָרֶ֫שֶׁת Deuteronomy 2:31 + 17 times; לָרָ֑שֶׁת Nehemiah 9:23; suffix לְרִשְׁתְּךָ Genesis 28:4; לְרִשְׁתּוֺ 1 Kings 21:16, 18; לְרִשְׁתָּהּ Genesis 15:7 + 28 times; Participle יוֺרֵשׁ Genesis 15:3 + 6 times; plural י(וֺ)רְשִׁים Deuteronomy 12:2; Jeremiah 8:10; suffix יֹרְשָׁיו Jeremiah 49:2; —
1. take possession of, especially by force, have as a possession, often with collateral idea of taking in place of others, succeeding to, inheriting (compare 2):
a. land, followed by accusative Genesis 15:7, 8; Numbers 13:30; Numbers 21:24, 35; Joshua 18:13 (all J E), Joshua 24:4, 8 (E), Judges 2:6; Judges 11:21, 22, 23, 24 (twice in verse); Judges 18:9; Deuteronomy 1:8, 21, 39 + 25 times Deuteronomy, + Deuteronomy 11:31; Deuteronomy 17:14; Deuteronomy 26:1 (all possess land and dwell therein), similarly Isaiah 65:9 (twice in verse); Psalm 69:36; בְּאַרְצַם מִשְׁנֶה יִירָ֑שׁוּ Isaiah 61:7 in their land they shall possess the double; הָחֵל רָשׁ Deuteronomy 2:24; הָחֵל רָשׁ לָרֶשֶׁת אֶתאַֿרְצוֺ Deuteronomy 2:31; especially phrase (הארץ) שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ (etc. עֹבְרִים) אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם בָּאִים Deuteronomy 4:5, 14, 26 + 12 times Deuteronomy; also Ezra 9:10; see Deuteronomy 30:18; Joshua 1:11 (twice in verse); Joshua 1:15 (twice in verse); Joshua 12:1; Joshua 13:1; Joshua 21:41; Joshua 23:5 (all D); Amos 2:10; Obadiah 19 (twice in verse), Habakkuk 1:6; Ezekiel 33:24, 25, 26; Leviticus 20:24 (twice in verse) (H), Genesis 28:4; Numbers 33:53 (both P), 1 Chronicles 28:8; Nehemiah 9:15, 22, 23, 24; Psalm 25:13; Psalm 37:9; Psalm 37:11; Psalm 37:22; Psalm 37:29; Psalm 37:34; + ב instrumental Psalm 44:4; also וַעֲמַל לְאֻמִּים יִירָ֑שׁוּ Psalm 105:44 (|| וִיִּתֵּן לָהֶם אַרְצוֺת גּוֺיִם); † take possession of fields Jeremiah 8:10 (object not expressed), 1 Kings 21:15, 16, 18, 19; Psalm 83:13; inheritance (in land) Numbers 27:11; Numbers 36:8 (twice in verse) (all P); city (cities), Joshua 19:47 (JE), Judges 3:13; Obadiah 20; so הַרקָֿדְשִׁי Isaiah 57:13 (|| נחל ארץ), Isaiah 63:18 where read probably הַרֿ קָדְשֶׁ֑ךְ (for MT עַםקֿ׳, see Greek Version of the LXX VB and || clause); possess city and dwell therein 2 Kings 17:24; Isaiah 34:17, 11 yea the pelican and bittern shall possess it; so of nettles Hosea 9:6; וְיִרַשׁ זַרְעֲךָ אֵת שַׁעַר אֹיְבָיו Genesis 22:17, compare Genesis 24:60 (both J); possess houses Ezekiel 7:24 (strike out Co), Nehemiah 9:25; יוֺרֵשׁ עֶצֶר Judges 18:7 possessing wealth (? see VB).
†b. a people (with collateral idea of being their heir (2), and so dispossessing them.), so especially in Deuteronomy 2:12, 21, 22; Deuteronomy 9:1 (+ cities), Deuteronomy 11:23; Deuteronomy 12:2, 29, 29; Deuteronomy 18:14; Deuteronomy 19:1; Deuteronomy 31:3; Numbers 21:32 (Kt וַיִּירַשׁ; J E), Amos 9:12; מַדּוּעַ יָרַשׁ מִלְכֹּם אֶתֿ גָּ֑ד Jeremiah 49:1 (on text see VB), Jeremiah 49:2; Jeremiah 49:2 (in these 3 perhaps play on meaning inherit, compare Jeremiah 49:1a); Ezekiel 36:12; Obadiah 17; Isaiah 54:3; nations + countries Ezekiel 35:10.
2. inherit, followed by accusative of person = be one's heir Genesis 15:3, 4 (twice in verse) (JE); שִׁפְחָה כִּיתִֿירַשׁ גְּבִרְתָּהּ Proverbs 30:23 (or, dispossess?); absolute be heir, followed by עִם person = jointly with Proverbs 21:10 (E); (הַ)יּוֺרֵשׁ (the) heir 2 Samuel 14:7; Jeremiah 49:1 (|| בָּנִים); Micah 1:15 (= possessor, captor), where paronom. with proper name, of a location מָרֵשָׁה; inherit persons, as slaves לָרֶשֶׁת אֲחֻזָּה Leviticus 25:46 (H).
†3. = impoverish, הַלְיָרְשֵׁנוּ קְרָאתֶם Judges 14:15 to impoverish us did ye call (us)?
†Niph. Imperfect יִוָּרֵשׁ Proverbs 23:21; 2nd person masculine singular תִּוָּרֵשׁ Genesis 45:11; Proverbs 20:13; אִוָּרֵשׁ Proverbs 30:9; — be (dispossessed =) impoverished, come to poverty Genesis 45:11 (E), Proverbs 20:13; Proverbs 23:21; Proverbs 30:9 (opposed to אֶשְׂבַּע).
†Pi. Imperfect הַצְּלָצַֽל יְיָרֵשׁ אַדְמָתֶ֑ךָ פְּרִי Deuteronomy 28:42 the fruit of thy ground shall the cricket get full possession of (compare Qal Hosea 9:6; Isaiah 34:11), i.e. devour.
†Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הוֺרִישׁ Judges 1:27 +; 2nd person masculine singular הוֺרַשְׁתָּ 2 Chronicles 20:7; Psalm 44:3, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יוֺרִישׁ Joshua 3:10; וִיּ֫(וֺ)רֶשׁ Judges 1:19 +; 3rd person feminine singular suffix 3rd person masculine plural תּוֺרִישֵׁמוּ Exodus 15:9, etc.; Infinitive absolute הוֺרֵשׁ Joshua 3:10; Joshua 17:13; הוֺרֵישׁ Judges 1:28; construct לְהוֺרִישׁ Deuteronomy 4:38 +, etc.; Participle מוֺרִישׁ 1 Samuel 2:7; Deuteronomy 18:12; suffix מוֺרִישָׁם Deuteronomy 9:4, 5; —
1. cause to possess, or inherit Judges 11:24; מִיְּרֻשָּֽׁתְךָ אֲשֶׁר הוֺרַשְׁתָּנוּ 2 Chronicles 20:11; followed by ל person, וְהוֺרַשְׁתֶּם לִבְנֵיכֶם Ezra 9:12 and cause your sons to inherit (it); figurative תּוֺרִישֵׁנִי עֲוֺנוֺת נְעוּרָ֑י Job 13:26 thou makest me to inherit (the consequences of) the iniquities of my youth.
2. cause (others) to possess or inherit, then generally dispossess:
a. followed by accusative of a people or person, Joshua 13:13; Joshua 16:10 (both J E), Judges 1:29, 30, 31, 32, 33 (all opposed to ישׁב בְּקֶרֶב), Joshua 14:12 (JE), Joshua 17:13 (J E; הוֺרֵשׁ לֹא הוֺרִישׁוֺ), Judges 1:28 (id.); opposed to ישׁב אֵת Joshua 15:63; opposed to ישׁב בְּ Judges 1:21, 27; also Numbers 21:32 Qr, Numbers 32:39; Joshua 17:18 (all J E), Joshua 13:12 (D), Judges 1:19b; Judges 2:23; also וַיֹּרֶשׁאֶתהָֿהָר Judges 1:19a (= אתיֿושׁבי ההר see Vb), Deuteronomy 7:17; Psalm 44:3; וְהוֺרַשְׁתָּם וְהֵאֲבַדְתָּם Deuteronomy 9:3; followed by accusative. + מִמְּנֵי Exodus 34:24; Numbers 32:21; Joshua 3:10 (הוֺרֵשׁ יוֺרִישׁ; all these J E), Deuteronomy 4:38; Deuteronomy 9:4, 5; Deuteronomy 18:12; Joshua 13:6; Joshua 23:9 (both D), Numbers 33:52, 55 (both P), Judges 2:21; Judges 11:23, 24; 1 Kings 14:24; 1 Kings 21:26; 2 Kings 16:3; 2 Kings 17:8; 2 Kings 21:2 (all D), 2 Chronicles 28:3; 33:2; accusative. + מִלִּפְנֵי Deuteronomy 11:23; Joshua 23:5, 13 (D; || הָדַף), 2 Chronicles 20:7; accusative. + מִשָּׁם Joshua 15:14 (JE) = Judges 1:20; of cities (i.e. their inhabitants) Joshua 8:7; Joshua 17:12; so of a land = Numbers 33:53 (P), see Numbers 33:52; Numbers 33:55 [Greek Version of the LXX + יושׁבי].
b. followed by accusative of thing, מִבִּטְנוֺ יֹרִשֶׁנּוּ אֵל Job 20:15 God shall cast them out of his belly, i.e. riches (|| חַיִל בָּלַע וַיְקִאֶנּוּ).
3. = impoverish, יהוה מוֺרִישׁ וּמַעֲשׁיר 1 Samuel 2:7 (song) י׳ impoverisheth and maketh rich; followed by accusative (of Tyre) אֲדֹנָי יוֺרִשֶׁנָּה Zechariah 9:4 (see Zechariah 9:3).
4. nearly = bring to ruin, destroy, followed by accusative of a people אָרִיק חַרְבִּי תּוֺרִישֵׁמוֺ יָדִי Exodus 15:9 (poem in E); so perhaps also Numbers 14:12 (J E; AV disinherit; || אַכֶּנּוּ בַּדֶּבֶר).
5. = Qal take possession of a land Numbers 14:24 (JE), but read probably יִרָשֶׁנָּה.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:3; 15:3; 15:4; 15:7; 15:7; 15:8; 21:10; 22:17; 24:60; 28:4; 28:4; 45:11; 45:11

Exodus

15:9; 15:9; 34:24

Leviticus

20:24; 20:24; 25:46

Numbers

13:30; 14:12; 14:24; 21:24; 21:32; 21:32; 21:35; 27:11; 27:11; 32:21; 32:39; 33:52; 33:52; 33:53; 33:53; 33:55; 33:55; 36:8

Deuteronomy

1:8; 1:8; 1:21; 1:21; 1:39; 2:12; 2:21; 2:22; 2:24; 2:24; 2:31; 2:31; 2:31; 3:12; 3:20; 4:1; 4:5; 4:14; 4:26; 4:38; 4:38; 5:30; 6:18; 7:17; 9:1; 9:3; 9:4; 9:4; 9:5; 9:5; 9:23; 11:23; 11:23; 11:31; 12:2; 12:2; 12:29; 12:29; 17:14; 17:14; 18:12; 18:12; 18:14; 19:1; 19:1; 26:1; 28:42; 30:18; 31:3; 31:3; 33:23

Joshua

1:11; 1:15; 3:10; 3:10; 3:10; 8:7; 12:1; 13:1; 13:6; 13:12; 13:13; 14:12; 15:14; 15:63; 16:10; 17:12; 17:13; 17:13; 17:18; 18:13; 19:47; 21:41; 23:5; 23:5; 23:9; 23:13; 24:4; 24:8

Judges

1:19; 1:19; 1:19; 1:20; 1:21; 1:27; 1:27; 1:28; 1:28; 1:29; 1:30; 1:31; 1:32; 1:33; 2:6; 2:21; 2:23; 3:13; 11:21; 11:22; 11:23; 11:23; 11:24; 11:24; 11:24; 14:15; 18:7; 18:9

1 Samuel

2:7; 2:7

2 Samuel

14:7

1 Kings

14:24; 21:15; 21:15; 21:16; 21:16; 21:18; 21:18; 21:19; 21:19; 21:26

2 Kings

16:3; 17:8; 17:24; 21:2

1 Chronicles

28:8; 28:8

2 Chronicles

20:7; 20:7; 20:11; 28:3; 33:2

Ezra

9:10; 9:12

Nehemiah

9:15; 9:22; 9:23; 9:23; 9:24; 9:25

Job

13:26; 20:15

Psalms

25:13; 25:13; 37:9; 37:11; 37:22; 37:29; 37:34; 44:3; 44:3; 44:4; 69:36; 83:13; 105:44

Proverbs

20:13; 20:13; 21:10; 23:21; 23:21; 30:9; 30:9; 30:23

Isaiah

34:11; 34:11; 34:11; 34:17; 54:3; 57:13; 61:7; 63:18; 65:9

Jeremiah

8:10; 8:10; 49:1; 49:1; 49:1; 49:1; 49:2; 49:2; 49:2; 49:2

Ezekiel

7:24; 33:24; 33:25; 33:25; 33:26; 33:26; 35:10; 36:12; 36:12

Hosea

9:6; 9:6

Amos

2:10; 9:12

Obadiah

1:17; 1:19; 1:20

Micah

1:15

Habakkuk

1:6

Zechariah

9:3; 9:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3423 matches the Hebrew יָרַשׁ (yāraš),
which occurs 27 times in 21 verses in 'Jdg' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:19 - Now the LORD was with Judah, and they took H3423 possession H3423 of the hill country; but they could not [fn]drive H3423 out H3423 the inhabitants of the valley, because they had iron chariots.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:20 - Then they gave Hebron to Caleb, as Moses had [fn]promised; and he drove H3423 out H3423 from there the three sons of Anak.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:21 - But the sons of Benjamin did not drive H3423 out H3423 the Jebusites who lived in Jerusalem; so the Jebusites have lived with the sons of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:27 -

But Manasseh did not take H3423 possession H3423 of Beth-shean and its villages, or Taanach and its villages, or the inhabitants of Dor and its villages, or the inhabitants of Ibleam and its villages, or the inhabitants of Megiddo and its villages; so the Canaanites persisted in living in this land.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:28 - And it came about, when Israel became strong, that they put the Canaanites to forced labor; but they did not drive H3423 them out H3423 completely H3423.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:29 -

And Ephraim did not drive H3423 out H3423 the Canaanites who were living in Gezer; so the Canaanites lived in Gezer among them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:30 -

Zebulun did not drive H3423 out H3423 the inhabitants of Kitron, or the inhabitants of [fn]Nahalol; so the Canaanites lived among them and became subject to forced labor.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:31 -

Asher did not drive H3423 out H3423 the inhabitants of Acco, or the inhabitants of Sidon, or of Ahlab, or of Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, or of Rehob.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:32 - So the Asherites lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; for they did not drive H3423 them out H3423.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:33 -

Naphtali did not drive H3423 out H3423 the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, or the inhabitants of Beth-anath, but lived among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land; and the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh and Beth-anath became forced labor for them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:6 -

When Joshua had dismissed the people, the sons of Israel went, each one to his inheritance, to take H3423 possession H3423 of the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:21 - I in turn will no longer drive H3423 out H3423 from them any of the nations which Joshua left when he died,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:23 - So the LORD allowed those nations to remain, not driving H3423 them out H3423 quickly; and He did not hand them over to Joshua.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:13 - And he gathered to himself the sons of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and [fn]defeated Israel, and they took H3423 possession H3423 of the city of the palm trees.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:21 - ‘And the LORD, the God of Israel, handed Sihon and all his people over to Israel, and they [fn]defeated them; so Israel took H3423 possession H3423 of all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:22 - ‘So they possessed H3423 all the territory of the Amorites, from the Arnon as far as the Jabbok, and from the wilderness as far as the Jordan.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:23 - ‘And now the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven H3423 out H3423 the Amorites from His people Israel; so should you possess H3423 it?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:24 - ‘Do you not possess H3423 what Chemosh your god gives H3423 you to H3423 possess H3423? So whatever the LORD our God has dispossessed H3423 before us, we will possess H3423 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:15 -

Then it came about on the [fn]fourth day that they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, so that he will tell us the riddle, or we will burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us to impoverish H3423 us? Is this not so?

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:7 -

So the five men departed and came to Laish, and saw the people who were in it living in security, in the way of the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting; for there was no [fn]oppressive ruler H3423 humiliating them for anything in the land, and they were far from the Sidonians and had no dealings with anyone.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:9 - And they said, “Arise, and let’s go up against them; for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good. And will you [fn]sit still? Do not hesitate to go, to enter, to take H3423 possession H3423 of the land.
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