יָצַג
yâtsag · yaw-tsag'
to place permanently
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to place permanently
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: establish, leave, make, present, put, set, stay.
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
- גGimel3
Picture: throwing stick (or camel)
- Concrete
- staff · throw stick · camel · foot
- Extended
- to carry · to gather up · walking · pride lifted up
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to pursue the straight path › to carry, to lift up
The hand that works that works to pursue the straight path that works to carry, to lift up.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָצַג 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
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and set4 · 25%
- and he set1 · 6%
- let me now leave1 · 6%
- unto thee, and set1 · 6%
- and presented1 · 6%
- be stayed1 · 6%
- to set1 · 6%
- behold, i will put1 · 6%
- him shalt thou set1 · 6%
- thereof, and put1 · 6%
- he hath made1 · 6%
- me, he hath made1 · 6%
- and establish1 · 6%
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.