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title: יַבָּשָׁה — dry land · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יַבָּשָׁה (3004), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: dry land. BDB 1906: n.f. dry land, dry ground. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יַבָּשָׁה

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«יַבָּשָׁה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dry land** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 3004 · **BDB:** יַבָּשָׁה

### Glosses

ground (7); land (5); dry.ground (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dry land [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3004/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. dry land, dry ground [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3004/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. dry land, dry ground (Sab. יבסם, opp. בחרם sea, DHM in MV; Palm. יבשא (dry) land Vog No. 79)—always abs. sg. יַבָּשָׁה; Ex 4:9 (J); of dry ground as path of Isr. through Red Sea Ex 14:16, 22, 29; 15:19 (all P), Ne 9:11 ψ 66:6; through Jordan Jos 4:22 (D); of dry land, opp. sea, at creation Gn 1:9, 10 (P); cf. Jon 1:9; specif. of shore of sea Jon 1:13; 2:11; fig. of needy Israel, to be refreshed by י׳’s spirit Is 44:3 (‖ צָמֵא).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יַבָּשָׁה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3004/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jonah 2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JON.2.11/)

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וַיֹּ֥אמֶר יְהוָ֖ה לַדָּ֑ג וַיָּקֵ֥א אֶת־יוֹנָ֖ה אֶל־הַיַּבָּשָֽׁה׃פ

*Word for word:* and he.spoke Yahweh to the fish and it.vomited.up (et) Jonah to the.dry land

*JPS 1917:* And the LORD spoke unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

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[Psalms 66:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.66.6/)

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הָ֤פַךְ יָ֨ם ׀ לְֽיַבָּשָׁ֗ה בַּ֭נָּהָר יַֽעַבְר֣וּ בְרָ֑גֶל שָׁ֝֗ם נִשְׂמְחָה־בּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* he.turned \[the\].sea into dry.ground in the river they.passed on foot there let.us.rejoice in him

*JPS 1917:* He turned the sea into dry land; they went through the river on foot; there let us rejoice in Him!

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