Original Language Studio
Psalms 10:8
“He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
יָשַׁבyâshab · yaw-shab'
H3427 · Hebrew
H3427 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
- Grammar
- יֵשֵׁ֤ב — verb Qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 1,092 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 4:16Genesis 4:20Genesis 11:2Genesis 11:31Genesis 13:6
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 יָשַׁב here.
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.