יָצַב
yâtsab · yaw-tsab'
to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue
- to place (any thing so as to stay)
- reflexively, to station, offer, continue
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: present selves, remaining, resort, set (selves), (be able to, can, with-) stand (fast, forth, -ing, still, up).
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- צTsade90
Picture: a person lying on their side (or a fish hook)
- Concrete
- hook · trail · side · a man bowed
- Extended
- to hunt · to pursue · need · righteousness as a straight path
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to pursue the straight path › the house, what is within
The hand that works that works to pursue the straight path of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָצַב 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
48 occurrences · 48 OT · 0 NT · 38 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and stand3 · 9%
- stand3 · 9%
- be able to stand3 · 9%
- stood2 · 6%
- and stood2 · 6%
- and presented2 · 6%
- to present2 · 6%
- ye not, stand still1 · 3%
- and they stood1 · 3%
- that they may stand1 · 3%
- say, who can stand1 · 3%
- and present1 · 3%
- and they presented1 · 3%
- presented1 · 3%
- over us. now therefore present1 · 3%
- him thence: and when he stood1 · 3%
- now therefore stand still1 · 3%
- and thou thyself wouldest have set1 · 3%
- from remaining1 · 3%
- but he stood1 · 3%
- and they set1 · 3%
- resorted1 · 3%
- so that none is able to withstand1 · 3%
- battle: set1 · 3%
- them to present1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
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.