3001. yabesh
Lexical Summary
yabesh: to be dry, dried up, or withered
Original Word: יָבֵשׁ
Transliteration: yabesh
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-bashe')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be dry, dried up, or withered
Meaning: to be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither
Strong's Concordance
be ashamed, clean, be confounded, make dry up, do shamefully, utterly, wither away

A primitive root; to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage) -- be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), X utterly, wither (away).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H3001. yabesh

I. יָבֵשׁverb be dry, dried up, withered (Late Hebrew id. (rare), יְבֵישׁ ᵑ7‎, chiefly Pa`al, Ithpe`el, Syriac ; Sabean, Palmyrene derivatives; Arabic ; Ethiopic ) —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular יָבֵשׁJoshua 9:5 8t.; וְיָבֵשׁ‎ consecutive Isaiah 19:5+ 4 t.; 3 feminine singular יָבְשָׁהGenesis 8:14; 3plural יָבְשׁוּJeremiah 23:10 2t.; יָבֵ֑שׁוּ50:38 2t.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִבַשׁIsaiah 19:7; יִיבָ֑שׁJeremiah 12:4; Job 8:12; וַיִּיבַשׁ1 Kings 17:7; וַיִּיבָ֑שׁJonah 4:7; 3feminine singular תִּיבַשׁEzekiel 17:10; תִּיבָ֑שׁ17:10 3t., etc.; Infinitive construct (בִּ)יבשׁIsaiah 27:11; יְבשֶׁתGenesis 8:7; absolute יָבוֺשׁZechariah 11:17; יָבשׁ‎ Eccl 17:10; —

1 be dry, dried up without moisture:

a. of bread Joshua 9:5, 12 (JE).

b. of ground lacking rain Amos 4:7, compare 1:2 (of Carmel at utterance of ׳י‎s voice), Jeremiah 23:10.

c. of earth after the flood Genesis 8:14 (P), compare חָרֵב

d. of grass, herbage, trees and crops (already implied in

b. = wither Isaiah 15:6; 19:7; 27:11; Jeremiah 12:4; Job 8:12; Joel 1:12; Jonah 4:7; in simile of shortness of life Psalm 90:6; 102:12; 129:6, see also Isaiah 40:7-8, (in these two "" נָבֵל‎); of heart under figure of grass Psalm 102:5; of Judah under figure of vine Ezekiel 17:9 (twice in verse); 17:10 (3 t. in verse), compare 19:12; of princes under figure of tree Isaiah 40:24; of roots of Ephraim under figure of tree Hosea 9:16, so of roots of wicked Job 18:16.

e. of hand, arm, dry up, wither, as judgment from ׳י‎, 1 Kings 13:4; Zechariah 11:17 (twice in verse); in distress כֹּחִי כַּחֶרֶשׁ יָבֵשׁPsalm 22:16 my strength is dried up like the potsherd; of skin Lamentations 4:8, and (figurative) of bones Ezekiel 37:11.

2 be dried up: of water Genesis 8:7 (J), Isaiah 19:5; 1 Kings 17:7; Jeremiah 50:38; Joel 1:20; Job 12:15; 14:11.

Pi`el make dry, dry up, only Imperfect3masculine singular suffix וַיַּבְּשֵׁהוּNahum 1:4 and hath made it dry (׳י‎, the sea); 3 feminine singular תְּיַבֵּשׁJob 15:30 the flame shall dry up his branches (figurative of wicked); figurative תְּיַבֶּשׁנָּֿ֑רֶםProverbs 17:22 a broken spirit maketh dry (the) bones.

Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הוֺבִישׁJoshua 2:10 3t. + Joel 1:10 (see below); חֹבִישׁEzekiel 19:12 2t. Joel (see below); 3feminine singular הוֺבִישָׁהJoel 1:12 (see below); 2 masculine singular הוֺבַשְׁתָּPsalm 74:15; 1singular הוֺבַשְׁתִּיEzekiel 17:24; וְהוֺבַשְׁתִּ֫יJeremiah 51:36; 3plural וְהֹבִישׁוּ‎ consecutive Zechariah 10:11; Imperfect1singular אוֺבִישׁIsaiah 42:15 (twice in verse); 44:27; — dry up, make dry:

1 dry up water, ׳י‎ subject, Joshua 2:10; 4:23 (twice in verse); 5:1 (all D), Jeremiah 51:36 ("" הֶחֱרִיב‎), Isaiah 42:15; 44:27 (חֳרָבִי‎ in "" clause), Psalm 74:15.

2 make dry, wither: herbage, trees, crops, etc., of ׳י‎, Isaiah 42:15 ("" החריב‎); object Babylon under figure of tree Ezekiel 17:24; of east wind's drying up Judah's fruit 19:12.

3 exhibit dryness: of river-deeps laid bare Zechariah 10:11. — In like manner might be taken Joel 1:10, 12 (twice in verse); 1:17, if from יבשׁ‎; but the sense would be difficult, especially in 1:10; 1:12, and הֹבִישׁוּ1:11 must be from בּוֺשׁ‎, to which all these cases in Joel may be consistently assigned; see בּוֺשׁ‎.








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