The meaning of “יָבֵשׁ”
Understanding yâbêsh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), [idiom] utterly, wither (away). - to be ashamed, ...
יָבֵשׁ
be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), [idiom] utterly, wither (away). - to be ashamed, confused or disappointed - also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage) 1) to make dry, wither, be dry, become dry, be dried up, be withered 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be dry, be dried up, be without moisture 1a2) to be dried up 1b) (Piel) to make dry, dry up 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to dry up, make dry 1c1a) to dry up (water) 1c1b) to make dry, wither 1c1c) to exhibit dryness
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 8:14 | “And in the second month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, was the earth dried.” Word: יָבֵשׁ (yâbêsh) | |
| 1 Kings 17:7 | “And it came to pass after a while, that the brook dried up, because there had been no rain in the land.” Word: יָבֵשׁ (yâbêsh) | |
| Proverbs 17:22 | “A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.” Word: יָבֵשׁ (yâbêsh) | |
| Lamentations 4:8 | “Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are not known in the streets: their skin cleaveth to their bones; it is withered, it is become like a stick.” Word: יָבֵשׁ (yâbêsh) | |
| Joel 1:12 | “The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.” Word: יָבֵשׁ (yâbêsh) |
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