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Exodus 2:4

“And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יָצַבyâtsab · yaw-tsab'
H3320 · Hebrew

Definition: to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV renderings: present selves, remaining, resort, set (selves), (be able to, can, with-) stand (fast, forth, -ing, still, up).
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
תֵּתַצַּ֥ב — verb Hithpael, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
Code HC/Vtw3fs
Usage: Occurs 48 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 8:16 Exodus 9:13 Exodus 14:13 Exodus 19:17 Exodus 34:5

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָצַב here.

Verse 3 Verse 5

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.