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title: יָצַע — lay · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָצַע (3331), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: lay. BDB 1906: vb. Hiph. lay, spread Pu. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָצַע

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«יָצַע» in the Tanakh dictionary: **lay** — 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 3331 · **BDB:** יָצַע

### Glosses

I.will.spread.as.a.bed (1); he.spreads.as.a.bed (1); it.is.spread.as.a.bed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

lay [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3331/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. Hiph. lay, spread Pu. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3331/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. Hiph. lay, spread, late (Ges§ 71; Aramaic יְצַע Pa. Aph. id., also expound, ‘auslegen;’ Arabic وَضَعَ is put or lay (down, on a place, etc.), but ض = Aramaic ע)— Impf. יַצִּיעַ Is 58:5; אַצִּ֫יעָה ψ 139:8; lay, spread out, sq. acc. שׂק ואפר Is 58:5; שׁאול ψ 139:8 if I spread out Sheʾôl (as my couch). Impf. יֻצַּע (Pu. Pf. De Di al.) be laid, spread; subj. שׂק ואפר Est 4:3; subj. רִמָּה worm, as couch for king of Babylon Is 14:11.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 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, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָצַע» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3331/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 139:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.139.8/)

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אִם־אֶסַּ֣ק שָׁ֭מַיִם שָׁ֣ם אָ֑תָּה וְאַצִּ֖יעָה שְּׁא֣וֹל הִנֶּֽךָּ׃

*Word for word:* if I.will.ascend heavens \[are\].there you and I.will.spread.as.a.bed Sheol there you.\[are\]

*JPS 1917:* If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there; if I make my bed in the nether-world, behold, Thou art there.

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[Isaiah 14:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.14.11/)

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הוּרַ֥ד שְׁא֛וֹל גְּאוֹנֶ֖ךָ הֶמְיַ֣ת נְבָלֶ֑יךָ תַּחְתֶּ֙יךָ֙ יֻצַּ֣ע רִמָּ֔ה וּמְכַסֶּ֖יךָ תּוֹלֵעָֽה׃

*Word for word:* it.has.been.brought.down Sheol pride your the.sound your.lyres your under you it.is.spread.as.a.bed maggot\[s\] and coverings your \[are\].worm\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* Thy pomp is brought down to the nether-world, and the noise of thy psalteries; the maggot is spread under thee, and the worms cover thee.'

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