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( חֳרָבִי in || cl.), ψ 74:15 . 2. make dry, wither: herbage, trees, crops, etc., of י׳ , Is 42:15 ( || החריב ); obj. Babylon under fig. of tree Ez 17:24 ; of east wind’s drying up Judah’s fruit Ez 19:12 . 3. exhibit dryness: of river-deeps laid bare Zc 10:11 .—In like manner might be taken Jo 1:10 , 12 (×2), 17 , if from יבשׁ ; but the sense would be difficult, especially in v 1 0, 12 , and הֹבִישׁוּ v 11 must be from בֹּושׁ , to which all these cases in Jo may be consistently assigned; v. בּוֹשׁ .

II . יָבֵשׁ S 3001, 3002, 3003 TWOT 837, 837a GK 3312, 3313, 3314, 3315 adj .verb. or pt. dry, dried , so, ms. abs. Na 1:10 + 4 times; fs. יְבֵשָׁה Nu 11: 6; mpl. (וִ)יבֵשִׁים Nu 6:3 ; fpl. יְבֵשֹׁות Ez 37: 2, 4 ;— 1. dried , lit. only עֲנָבִים יְבֵשִׁים Nu 6:3 dried grapes ( P ; opp. ע׳ לַחִים ); fig. נַפְשֵׁנוּ יְבֵשָׁה 11:6 (JE) our soul (i.e. our appetite) is dried up , viz. for want of fresh, juicy meat. 2. dry , of chaff, קַשׁ Na 1:10 in sim. of Ninevites under impending judgment; cf. in fig. of Job, Jb 13:25 ; of tree Ez 17:24 ( fig. of Davidic house; opp. עֵץ לָ˜ה ), 21:3 (in prediction of Judah’s devastation by Babylon, opp. id. ); Is 56:3 fig. of eunuch; of the bones in Ezek.’s vision Ez 37:2 , 4 .

III . יָבֵשׁ S 3001, 3002, 3003 TWOT 837, 837a GK 3312, 3313, 3314, 3315 , יָבֵישׁ

n.pr.loc. et pers. 1. n.pr.loc. יָבֵשׁ גִּלְעָד Jabesh of Gilead , Ö Ιαβ(ε)ις Γαλααδ , exact site uknown, Ju 21:8 , 9 , 10 , 12 , 14 2 S 21:1 2; 1 Ch 10:11 ( Ö L Ιαβις τῆς Γαλααδ ); יָבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד 1 S 11: 1, 9 ; 31:11 2 S 2: 4, 5 (in these three Ö L Ιαβις τῆς Γαλαατίδιτος ); יָבֵישׁ 1 S 11: 1, 3 , 5 , 9 , 10 ; יָבֵשׁ 1 Ch 10:12 ; יָבֵ˜ישָׁה v 1 2; || יָבֵ˜שָׁה 1 S 31:1 2, 13 . 2. n.pr.m. יָבֵשׁ father of Shallum 2 K 15:10 , 13 , 14 .

יַבָּשָׁה S 3004 TWOT 837b GK 3317 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 ).

opp. opposite, as opposed to, or contrasted with. DHM D. H. Müller.

MV Gesenius, Handwörterbuch über das A. T. , edd. F. Mühlau & W. Volck. Vog C. J. M. de Vogüé, Syrie Centrale.

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