יָצַת
yâtsath · yaw-tsath'
to burn or set on fire; figuratively, to desolate
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to burn or set on fire; figuratively, to desolate
- to burn or set on fire
- figuratively, to desolate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: burn (up), be desolate, set (on) fire (fire), kindle.
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
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to pursue the straight path › the mark, the covenant sign
The hand that works that works to pursue the straight path of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָצַת 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
29 occurrences · 29 OT · 0 NT · 27 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and set4 · 14%
- and i will kindle4 · 14%
- set2 · 7%
- thereof are burned2 · 7%
- shall be burned2 · 7%
- that ye shall set1 · 3%
- that is kindled1 · 3%
- shall be kindled1 · 3%
- and shall kindle1 · 3%
- shall they be burned1 · 3%
- are burned1 · 3%
- because they are burned up1 · 3%
- and is burned up1 · 3%
- he hath kindled1 · 3%
- then will i kindle1 · 3%
- and desolate1 · 3%
- they have burned1 · 3%
- and hath kindled1 · 3%
- behold, i will kindle1 · 3%
- but i will kindle1 · 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.