--- title: יָצַת — kindle · The Tanakh dictionary description: יָצַת (lemma:יָצַת), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: kindle. BDB 1906: vb. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d9_5b8_5e6_5b7_5ea.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [י](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1497-4.md)‎ / יָצַת‎ # יָצַת «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 1 verse in layers. **Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:יָצַת · **BDB:** יָצַת ### Glosses they.are.ruined (1) ### Meaning (OSHB) kindle [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b8_5e6_5b7_5ea/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) vb. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b8_5e6_5b7_5ea/#m2) **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. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 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/lemma_3a_5d9_5b8_5e6_5b7_5ea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [Jeremiah 2:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.15/) עָלָיו֙ יִשְׁאֲג֣וּ כְפִרִ֔ים נָתְנ֖וּ קוֹלָ֑ם וַיָּשִׁ֤יתוּ אַרְצוֹ֙ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה עָרָ֥יו נִצְּת֖וּ מִבְּלִ֥י יֹשֵֽׁב׃ *Word for word:* on it they.have.been.roaring young.lions they.have.given.forth voice their and they.have.made land its into a.waste cities its they.are.ruined from not inhabitant *JPS 1917:* The young lions have roared upon him, and let their voice resound; and they have made his land desolate, his cities are laid waste, without inhabitant. - ← previous: [יָצַת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3341.md) - next →: [יֶקֶב](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3342.md) - ↑ back to [י](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1497-4.md)