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title: יַבֶּשֶׁת — dry ground · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יַבֶּשֶׁת (3006), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: dry ground. BDB 1906: n.f. id. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יַבֶּשֶׁת

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«יַבֶּשֶׁת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **dry ground** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 3006 · **BDB:** יַבֶּ֫שֶׁת

### Glosses

dry.land (1); ground (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dry ground [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3006/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. id. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3006/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. id., made by God’s hands ψ 95:5; water shall become blood בַּיַּבָּ֑שֶׁת Ex 4:9 (J).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יַבֶּשֶׁת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3006/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 95:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.95.5/)

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אֲשֶׁר־ל֣וֹ הַ֭יָּם וְה֣וּא עָשָׂ֑הוּ וְ֝יַבֶּ֗שֶׁת יָדָ֥יו יָצָֽרוּ׃

*Word for word:* whom \[belongs\].to him the sea and he he made.it and.\[the\] dry.land hands his they.formed

*JPS 1917:* The sea is His, and He made it; and His hands formed the dry land.

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[Exodus 4:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.4.9/)

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וְהָיָ֡ה אִם־לֹ֣א יַאֲמִ֡ינוּ גַּם֩ לִשְׁנֵ֨י הָאֹת֜וֹת הָאֵ֗לֶּה וְלֹ֤א יִשְׁמְעוּן֙ לְקֹלֶ֔ךָ וְלָקַחְתָּ֙ מִמֵּימֵ֣י הַיְאֹ֔ר וְשָׁפַכְתָּ֖ הַיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה וְהָי֤וּ הַמַּ֙יִם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּקַּ֣ח מִן־הַיְאֹ֔ר וְהָי֥וּ לְדָ֖ם בַּיַּבָּֽשֶׁת׃

*Word for word:* and it.will.be if not they.will.believe also (to).the two the signs (the) these and not they will.listen to voice your and you.will.take some of.the.water of the.River and you.will.pour.\[it\].out the.dry ground and they.will.become the waters which you.will.take from the River and they.will.become (into) blood on the.dry ground

*JPS 1917:* And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe even these two signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land; and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.'

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