Lexical Definition

‎יָצַב‎ yâtsab (yaw-tsab') to stand ^H:V
a primitive root

present selves, remaining, resort, set (selves), (be able to, can, with-) stand (fast, forth, -ing, still, up).

• to place (any thing so as to stay)
• reflexively, to station, offer, continue

1) to place, set, stand, set or station oneself, present oneself
1a) (Hithpael) to station oneself, take one's stand, stand, present oneself, stand with someone

See Greek: ἀνθίστημι · ἀνίστημι · διαμένω · ἐπιβαίνω · ἐφίστημι · ἵστημι · καθίστημι · παρίστημι · συνάγω

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: ye.tsav (‎י‎ְ‎צ‎ַ‎ב‎ "to know" יְצַב)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎יָצַב‎] verb only Hithpa`el set or station oneself, take one's stand (ᵑ7 ‎יצב‎ Pa`el & derivatives; Arabic be constant, firm) —

Hithpa`el Perfect 3 plural ‎הִתְיַצְּבוּ‎ 2Chr 11:13 ‎׳‎‎וְהִת‎ consecutive Num 11:16 Imperfect ‎יִתְיַצֵּב‎ Deut 7:24 + 6 t.; ‎יִתְיַצָּ֑ב‎ Job 41:2* ‎יִתְיַצַּ֑ב‎ Prov 22:29 ‎וַיִּתְיַצֵּב‎ 1Sam 3:10 + 5 t.; 3 feminine singular ‎וַתֵּתַצֵּב‎ Exod 2:4 (but read ‎וַתִּתְיַצֵּב‎ compare Sam Ges^{«GKC:71»§ 71} Kö^{i, 430}); 2 masculine singular ‎תִּתְיַצֵּב‎ 2Sam 18:13 ‎וְאֶתְיַצְּבָה‎ Hab 2:1 ‎יִתְיַצְּבוּ‎ Ps 2:2 + 2 t.; ‎וַיִּתְיַצְּבוּ‎ Exod 19:17 + 4 t.; Imperative ‎הִתְיַצֵּב‎ Exod 8:16* + 5 t.: ‎הִתְיַצְּבוּ‎ 1Sam 10:19 + 6 t.; infinitive construct ‎(מֵ)הִתְיַצֵּב‎ 2Sam 21:5 + 4 t.; — station oneself, take one's stand, stand:
a. with phrase of place, Exod 2:4 (E, with ‎מֵרָחוֺק‎), 2Sam 18:13 (with ‎מִנֶּגֶד‎), figurative = stand aloof (VB Dr); v2Sam 18:30 (with ‎כֹּה‎, || ‎עָמַד‎): with ‎ב‎ loc, Exod 19:17; Num 22:22 (both E), Judg 20:2; Deut 31:14 (twice in verse), also (in sense of having a place or position) ‎נִשְׁמַדְנוּ מֵהִתְיַצֵּב בְּכָלגְּֿבֻל יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ 2Sam 21:5 with ‎בְּתוֺךְ‎ person 1Sam 10:23, location 2Sam 23:12 = 2Chr 11:14 with ‎עַל‎ location, at, by Num 23:3; Num 23:15 (JE), upon Hab 2:1 (|| ‎עמד‎), Ps 36:5* (figurative); with ‎עַל‎ person see below; with ‎שָׁם‎ and ‎עִם‎ person Exod 34:5 (subject ‎׳‎‎י‎), Num 11:16 (both J E).
b. absolute 1Sam 3:10 (‎׳‎‎י‎ subject); especially of standing quiet and passive, to see the mighty deliverance of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Exod 14:13 (J), 1Sam 12:7; 1Sam 12:16; 2Chr 20:17 (|| ‎עמד‎); of taking a stand to fight 1Sam 17:16; Ps 2:2 in military array Jer 46:4 (with ‎ב‎ accompare), vJer 46:14 (|| ‎הָכֵן לָךְ‎); to answer a charge Job 33:5 ‎וְיִתְיַצְּבוּ כְמוֺ לְבוּשׁ‎ Job 38:14 and they (terrestrial things) stand forth (in the light) like a garment.
c. with ‎לִפְנֵי‎ person = present oneself before Exod 8:16*; Exod 9:13 (both J), Prov 22:29 (twice in verse); ‎׳‎‎לִפְנֵי י‎ Josh 24:1 (E), 1Sam 10:19 (see also d); so as servants or courtiers (see ‎לְ‎ 6 c), with implication of readiness for service ‎עַלאֲֿדֹנָי‎ Zech 6:5 ‎׳‎‎לְ י‎ Job 1:6; Job 2:1 (twice in verse).
d. with ‎לְַ‎ person take one's stand on the side of 2Chr 11:13 with ‎ל‎, ‎מִייִֿתְצֵּב לִי עִם‎ Ps 94:16 who will take a stand forme against the workers of iniquity (|| ‎מִי יָקוּם לִי עִם‎); of holding one's ground, maintaining one's position before ‎׳‎‎י‎ ‎( לְנֶגֶד עֵינֶיךָ ׅ‎ Ps 5:6* so with ‎לִפְנֵי‎ Josh 1:5 (D), Deut 9:2; Job 41:2* with ‎בְּפָנֶיךָ‎ Deut 7:24; Deut 11:25 absolute ‎וְאֵין עִמְּךָ לְהִתִיַצֵּב‎ 2Chr 20:6

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