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title: יָבֵשׁ — dry · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָבֵשׁ (3002), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: dry. BDB 1906: adj.verb. pt. dry, dried. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָבֵשׁ

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«יָבֵשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dry** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 9 times · **Key:** 3002 · **BDB:** יָבֵשׁ²

### Glosses

dry (7); \[is\].dry (1); \[they.were\].dry (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dry [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3002/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.verb. pt. dry, dried [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3002/#m2)

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**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.

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3002/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 13:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.13.25/)

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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?

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[Numbers 11:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.11.6/)

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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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