יַבָּשָׁה
yabbâshâh · yab-baw-shaw'
dry ground
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3001 (יָבֵשׁ);
dry ground
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dry (ground, land).
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › the house, what is within › to consume, to destroy › to reveal, behold
The hand that works of the house, what is within that works to consume, to destroy that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יַבָּשָׁה 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
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- on dry2 · 14%
- upon the dry2 · 14%
- and let the dry1 · 7%
- the dry1 · 7%
- it upon the dry1 · 7%
- upon dry1 · 7%
- on dry land1 · 7%
- on the dry land1 · 7%
- into dry1 · 7%
- upon the dry ground1 · 7%
- and the dry1 · 7%
- it to the land1 · 7%
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.