What does יַבָּשָׁה (yabāšāh) mean in the Bible?
יַבָּשָׁה (yabāšāh): Land exposed and habitable after water recedes; emphasizes emergence of solid, usable earth.
Hebrew · H3004
יַבָּשָׁה
Dry ground
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יַבָּשָׁה H3004
Pronunciation yabāšāh
What does יַבָּשָׁה (yabāšāh) mean in the Bible?
יַבָּשָׁה (yabāšāh): Land exposed and habitable after water recedes; emphasizes emergence of solid, usable earth.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3004?
The BSB source-word alignment has 14 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include on dry ground (6), dry land (2), and the dry land (1), into dry land (1), it on the dry ground (1).
Where does יַבָּשָׁה (yabāšāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 1:9. Its strongest book concentrations include Exodus (5), Jonah (3), Genesis (2), Isaiah (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 on dry ground 6× Exodus 14:16, Exodus 14:22, Exodus 14:29, Exodus 15:19
dry land 2× Jonah 1:13, Jonah 2:10
and the dry land 1× Jonah 1:9
into dry land 1× Psalms 66:6
it on the dry ground 1× Exodus 4:9
so that the dry [land] 1× Genesis 1:9
the dry [land] 1× Genesis 1:10
the dry ground 1× Isaiah 44:3
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 1:9 הַיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה to so that the dry [land] Article | Noun - feminine singular Genesis 1:10 לַיַּבָּשָׁה֙ to the dry [land] Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular Exodus 4:9 הַיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה to it on the dry ground Article | Noun - feminine singular Exodus 14:16 בַּיַּבָּשָֽׁה׃ to on dry ground Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Exodus 14:22 בַּיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה to on dry ground Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Exodus 14:29 בַיַּבָּשָׁ֖ה to on dry ground Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Exodus 15:19 בַיַּבָּשָׁ֖ה to on dry ground Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Joshua 4:22 בַּיַּבָּשָׁה֙ to on dry ground Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Nehemiah 9:11 בַּיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה to on dry ground Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular Psalms 66:6 לְֽיַבָּשָׁ֗ה to into dry land Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 1:9
Aligned rows 14
Books represented 7
Genesis 2 Exodus 5 Joshua 1 Nehemiah 1 Psalms 1 Isaiah 1 Jonah 3
Source forms
בַיַּבָּשָׁ֖ה 2x ḇay·yab·bā·šāh Exodus 14:29, Exodus 15:19
בַּיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה 2x bay·yab·bā·šāh Exodus 14:22, Nehemiah 9:11
הַיַּבָּשָׁ֑ה 2x hay·yab·bā·šāh Genesis 1:9, Exodus 4:9
בַּיַּבָּשָׁה֙ 1x bay·yab·bā·šāh Joshua 4:22
בַּיַּבָּשָֽׁה׃ 1x bay·yab·bā·šāh Exodus 14:16
הַיַּבָּשָׁ֖ה 1x hay·yab·bā·šāh Jonah 1:13
הַיַּבָּשָֽׁה׃ 1x hay·yab·bā·šāh Jonah 1:9
הַיַּבָּשָֽׁה׃פ 1x hay·yab·bā·šāh Jonah 2:10
Parsing patterns
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular 6x Exodus 14:16, Exodus 14:22, Exodus 14:29, Exodus 15:19
Article | Noun - feminine singular 5x Genesis 1:9, Exodus 4:9, Jonah 1:9, Jonah 1:13
Noun - feminine singular 1x Isaiah 44:3
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular 1x Psalms 66:6
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular 1x Genesis 1:10
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Land exposed and habitable after water recedes; emphasizes emergence of solid, usable earth.
Source Gloss
dry ground
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Land exposed and habitable after water recedes; emphasizes emergence of solid, usable earth.
dry ground BDB: dry land Usage: dry (ground, land).
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
The earth's surface that emerges when waters gather together during creation
Parched land that receives water and becomes fertile through divine blessing and provision
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 14 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
יַבָּשָׁה is built from this root:
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