יָבֵשׁ
yâbêsh · yaw-bashe'
dry
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3001 (יָבֵשׁ);
dry
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dried (away), dry.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the house, what is within › to consume, to destroy
The hand that works of the house, what is within that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָבֵשׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- dry2 · 22%
- or dried1 · 11%
- is dried away1 · 11%
- the dry1 · 11%
- behold, i am a dry1 · 11%
- and have made the dry1 · 11%
- in thee, and every dry1 · 11%
- unto them, o ye dry1 · 11%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.