יָבֵשׁ
Used: 9 times · Key: 3002 · BDB: יָבֵשׁ²
Glosses
dry (7); [is].dry (1); [they.were].dry (1)
Meaning (OSHB)
dry tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
adj.verb. pt. dry, dried tree →
The whole BDB entry
adj.verb. or pt. dry, dried, so, ms. abs. Na 1:10 + 4 times; fs. יְבֵשָׁה Nu 11:6; mpl. (וִ)יבֵשִׁים Nu 6:3; fpl. יְבֵשׁוֹת Ez 37:2, 4;— dried, lit. only עֲנָבִים יְבֵשִׁים Nu 6:3 dried grapes (P; opp. ע׳ לַחִים); fig. נַפְשֵׁנוּ יְבֵשָׁה 11:6 (JE) our soul (i.e. our appetite) is dried up, viz. for want of fresh, juicy meat. dry, of chaff, קַשׁ Na 1:10 in sim. of Ninevites under impending judgment; cf. in fig. of Job, Jb 13:25; of tree Ez 17:24 (fig. of Davidic house; opp. עֵץ לָ֑ה), 21:3 (in prediction of Judah’s devastation by Babylon, opp. id.); Is 56:3 fig. of eunuch; of the bones in Ezek.’s vision Ez 37:2, 4.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «יָבֵשׁ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
הֶעָלֶ֣ה נִדָּ֣ף תַּעֲר֑וֹץ וְאֶת־קַ֖שׁ יָבֵ֣שׁ תִּרְדֹּֽף׃
Word for word: a leaf? driven.about will.you.terrify and (et) chaff dry will.you.pursue?
JPS 1917: Wilt Thou harass a driven leaf? And wilt Thou pursue the dry stubble?
וְעַתָּ֛ה נַפְשֵׁ֥נוּ יְבֵשָׁ֖ה אֵ֣ין כֹּ֑ל בִּלְתִּ֖י אֶל־הַמָּ֥ן עֵינֵֽינוּ׃
Word for word: and now appetite our [is].dry there.[is].not anything except [are].to the manna eyes our
JPS 1917: but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all; we have nought save this manna to look to.' —
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