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title: יָצַת — kindle · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָצַת (3341), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 26 times: kindle. BDB 1906: vb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָצַת

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«יָצַת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **kindle** — 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:** 26 times · **Key:** 3341 · **BDB:** יָצַת

### Glosses

I.will.kindle (6); they.set.on.fire (3); they.will.be.kindled (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

kindle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3341/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3341/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. kindle, burn (intr.) (NH id. (rare))— Impf. 3 fs. וַתִּצַּת Is 9:17; יִצַּ֑תּוּ 33:12 Je 51:58 (Köi 431); 3 fpl. תִּצַּתְנָה Je 49:2;—kindle, intr., fig. of wickedness, Is 9:17; sq. בָּאֵשׁ be kindled with fire (= set on fire), of thorns (in sim.) 33:12, Je 49:2 (of dependent towns and villages of Rabbah, under fig. of daughters), 51:58 (of gates of Babylon). Pf. נִצְּתָה 2 K 22:13 Je 9:11 + 2:15 Kt (Qr נִצְּתוּ); וְנִצְּתָה consec. 2 K 22:17 Je 46:19; נִצְּתוּ Ne 1:3 + 2 times + Je 2:15 Qr (cf. supr.);—be kindled, fig. of wrath of י׳, 2 K 22:13, 17; be burned, of gates of Jerusalem, sq. בָּאֵשׁ, Ne 1:3; 2:17; = desolated Je 2:15 (of cities of Israel), cf. 46:19, 9:9 (of mountains and pastures); of land 9:11 (‖ אָֽבְדָה). Pf. הִצִּית Je 11:16; 1 s. וְהִצַּתִּי consec. Je 17:27 + 5 times; והוציתיה 2 S 14:30 Kt; (וְהַצִּיתוּהָ Imv., Ges§ 71 Köi 431); הִצִּיתוּ v 31 Je 51:30; וְהִצִּיתוּ consec. 32:29; Impf. וִיַּצֶּת־ La 4:11; אֲצִיתֶנָּה Is 27:4 (read אַצִּיתֶנָּה Köl.c. Gesl.c.); וַיַּצִּיתוּ Jos 8:19 + 2 times; תַּצִּיתוּ v 8; Imv. 2 S 14:30 Qr, cf. supr.; Pt. מַצִּית Ez 21:3;—kindle, set on fire, sq. acc., עִיר + בָּאֵשׁ Jos 8:8, 19 (JE), Je 32:29 (+ שׂרף); field of corn, + בָּאֵשׁ 2 S 14:30(×2), 31; dwellings (no באשׁ) Je 51:30, cf. also Ju 9:49; also sq. acc. אֵשׁ + prep. על, Je 11:16 (of Jerusalem under fig. of olive-tree); elsewhere + בְּ, Am 1:14, והצתי אשׁ ב׳ (hence Je 17:27; 21:14; 43:12; 49:27; 50:32) La 4:11 Ez 21:3.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 25 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָצַת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3341/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 33:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.33.12/)

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וְהָי֥וּ עַמִּ֖ים מִשְׂרְפ֣וֹת שִׂ֑יד קוֹצִ֥ים כְּסוּחִ֖ים בָּאֵ֥שׁ יִצַּֽתּוּ׃ס

*Word for word:* and they.will.be peoples burnings of.lime thorns cut.down with (the) fire they.will.be.kindled

*JPS 1917:* And the peoples shall be as the burnings of lime; as thorns cut down, that are burned in the fire.

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[Jeremiah 49:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.49.27/)

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וְהִצַּ֥תִּי אֵ֖שׁ בְּחוֹמַ֣ת דַּמָּ֑שֶׂק וְאָכְלָ֖ה אַרְמְנ֥וֹת בֶּנ־הֲדָֽדבֶּנ־הֲדָֽד׃ס

*Word for word:* and I.will.kindle a.fire at the.wall of.Damascus and it.will.consume the.fortresses of Ben.Hadad

*JPS 1917:* And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben-hadad.

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