Lexical Definition

‎יָבֵשׁ‎ yâbêsh (yaw-bashe') dry ^H:A
from ‎יָבֵשׁ‎

dried (away), dry.

• dry

1) dry
2) dried

See Greek: ξηρός · ξηρός

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎יָבֵשׁ‎ verbal adjective or Participle dry, dried, so, masculine singular absolute Nah 1:10 + 4 t.; feminine singular ‎יְבֵשָׁה‎ Num 11:6 masculine plural ‎(וִ)יבֵשִׁים‎ Num 6:3 feminine plural ‎יְבֵשׁוֺת‎ Ezek 37:2; Ezek 37:4 —

1. dried, literal only ‎עֲנָבִים יְבֵשִׁיס‎ Num 6:3 dried grapes (P; opposed to ‎לַחִים‎ ‎׳‎‎ְ‎); figurative ‎נַפְשֵׁנוּ יְבֵשָׁה‎ Num 11:6 (JE) our soul (i.e. our appetite) is dried up, namely, for want of fresh, juicy meat.

2. dry, of chaff, ‎קַשׁ‎ Nah 1:10 in simile of Ninevites under impending judgment; compare in figure of Job, Job 13:25 of tree Ezek 17:24 (figurative of Davidic house; opposed to ‎עֵץ לָ֑ךְ‎), Ezek 21:3* (in prediction of Judah's devastation by Babylon, opposed to id.); Isa 56:3 figurative of eunuch; of the bonesin Ezekiel's vision Ezek 37:2; Ezek 37:4.

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