What does יָבֵשׁ (yābēš) mean in the Bible?
יָבֵשׁ (yābēš) is a Hebrew word meaning "dry".
Hebrew · H3002
יָבֵשׁ
Dry
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יָבֵשׁ H3002
Pronunciation yābēš
What does יָבֵשׁ (yābēš) mean in the Bible?
יָבֵשׁ (yābēš) is a Hebrew word meaning "dry".
Full entry for יָבֵשׁ (H3002) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3002?
The BSB source-word alignment has 9 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include dry (5), a dry (1), and make the withered (1), is gone (1), or raisins (1).
Where does יָבֵשׁ (yābēš) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Numbers 6:3. Its strongest book concentrations include Ezekiel (4), Numbers (2), Isaiah (1), Job (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It dry 5× Job 13:25, Ezekiel 20:47, Ezekiel 37:2, Ezekiel 37:4
a dry 1× Isaiah 56:3
and make the withered 1× Ezekiel 17:24
is gone 1× Numbers 11:6
or raisins 1× Numbers 6:3
Show sample aligned rows
Numbers 6:3 וִיבֵשִׁ֖ים to or raisins Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural Numbers 11:6 יְבֵשָׁ֖ה to is gone Adjective - feminine singular Job 13:25 יָבֵ֣שׁ to dry Adjective - masculine singular Isaiah 56:3 יָבֵֽשׁ׃ס to a dry Adjective - masculine singular Ezekiel 17:24 יָבֵ֑שׁ to and make the withered Adjective - masculine singular Ezekiel 20:47 יָבֵ֤שׁ to dry Adjective - masculine singular Ezekiel 37:2 יְבֵשׁ֥וֹת to dry Adjective - feminine plural Ezekiel 37:4 הַיְבֵשׁ֔וֹת to Dry Article | Adjective - feminine plural Nahum 1:10 יָבֵ֖שׁ to dry Adjective - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Numbers 6:3
Aligned rows 9
Books represented 5
Numbers 2 Job 1 Isaiah 1 Ezekiel 4 Nahum 1
Source forms
הַיְבֵשׁ֔וֹת 1x hay·ḇê·šō·wṯ Ezekiel 37:4
וִיבֵשִׁ֖ים 1x wî·ḇê·šîm Numbers 6:3
יָבֵ֣שׁ 1x yā·ḇêš Job 13:25
יָבֵ֑שׁ 1x yā·ḇêš Ezekiel 17:24
יָבֵ֤שׁ 1x yā·ḇêš Ezekiel 20:47
יָבֵ֖שׁ 1x yā·ḇêš Nahum 1:10
יָבֵֽשׁ׃ס 1x yā·ḇêš Isaiah 56:3
יְבֵשָׁ֖ה 1x yə·ḇê·šāh Numbers 11:6
Parsing patterns
Adjective - masculine singular 5x Job 13:25, Isaiah 56:3, Ezekiel 17:24, Ezekiel 20:47
Adjective - feminine plural 1x Ezekiel 37:2
Adjective - feminine singular 1x Numbers 11:6
Article | Adjective - feminine plural 1x Ezekiel 37:4
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural 1x Numbers 6:3
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. dry
Source Gloss
dry
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
dry Usage: dried (away), dry.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
יָבֵשׁ is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain