יָבֵשׁ

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular יָבֵשׁ Jos 9,5 + 8 t.; וְיָבֵשׁ consecutive Es 19,5+ 4 t.; 3 feminine singular יָ˜בְשָׁה 1 Mos 8,14 3 plural יָ˜בְשׁוּ Jer 23,10 + 2 t.; יָבֵ֑שׁוּ Jer 50,38 + 2 t.; Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִבַשׁ Es 19,7 יִיבָ֑שׁ Jer 12,4; Job 8,12 וַיִּיבַשׁ 1 Kong 17,7 וַיִּיבָ֑שׁ Jon 4,7 3 feminine singular תִּיבַשׁ Ezk 17,10 תִּיבָ֑שׁ vEzk 17,10 + 3 t., etc.; Infinitive construct (בִּ)יבשׁ Es 27,11 יְבשֶׁת 1 Mos 8,7 absolute יָבוֺשׁ Zak 11,17 יָבשׁ Praed 17,10 —

1. be dry, dried up without moisture:
\ \ a. of bread Jos 9,5; Jos 9,12 (JE).
\ \ b. of ground lacking rain Amos 4,7, compare Amos 1,2 (of Carmel at utterance of ׳י's voice), Jer 23,10.
\ \ c. of earth after the flood 1 Mos 8,14 (P), compare חָרֵב
\ \ d. of grass, herbage, trees and crops (already implied in
\ \ b. = wither Es 15,6; Es 19,7; Es 27,11; Jer 12,4; Job 8,12; Joel 1,12; Jon 4,7 in simile of shortness of life Sl 90,6; Sl 102,12; Sl 129,6, see also Es 40,7; Es 40,8 (in these two || נָבֵל); of heart under figure of grass Sl 102,5 of Judah under figure of vine Ezk 17,9 (twice in verse); Ezk 17,10 (3 t. in verse), compare Ezk 19,12 of princes under figure of tree Es 40,24 of roots of Ephraim under figure of tree Hos 9,16, so of roots of wicked Job 18,16.
\ \ e. of hand, arm, dry up, wither, as judgment from ׳י, 1 Kong 13,4; Zak 11,17 (twice in verse); in distress יָבֵשׁ כַּחֶרֶשׁ כֹּחִי Sl 22,16 my strength is dried up like the potsherd; of skin Klg 4,8, and (figurative) of bones Ezk 37,11.

2. be dried up: of water 1 Mos 8,7 (J), Es 19,5; 1 Kong 17,7; Jer 50,38; Joel 1,20; Job 12,15; Job 14,11. Pi`el make dry, dry up, only Imperfect 3 masculine singular suffix וַיַּבְּשֵׁהוּ Nah 1,4 and hath made it dry (׳י, the sea); 3 feminine singular תְּיַבֵּשׁ Job 15,30 the flame shall dry up his branches (figurative of wicked); figurative תְּיַבֶּשׁנָּֿ֑רֶם Ord 17,22 a broken spirit maketh dry (the) bones. Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular הוֺבִישׁ Jos 2,10 + 3 t. + Joel 1,10 (see below); חֹבִישׁ Ezk 19,12 + 2 t. Joel (see below); 3 feminine singular הוֺבִישָׁה Joel 1,12 (see below); 2 masculine singular הוֺבַשְׁתָּ Sl 74,15 1 singular הוֺבַשְׁתִּי Ezk 17,24 וְהוֺבַשְׁתִּ֫י Jer 51,36 3 plural וְהֹבִישׁוּ consecutive Zak 10,11 Imperfect 1 singular אוֺבִישׁ Es 42,15 (twice in verse); Es 44,27 — dry up, make dry:

1. dry up water, ׳י subject, Jos 2,10; Jos 4,23 (twice in verse); Jos 5,1 (all D), Jer 51,36 (|| הֶחֱרִיב), Es 42,15; Es 44,27 (חֳרָבִי in || clause), Sl 74,15.

2. make dry, wither: herbage, trees, crops, etc., of ׳י, Es 42,15 (|| החריב); object Babylon under figure of tree Ezk 17,24 of east wind's drying up Judah's fruit Ezk 19,12.

3. exhibit dryness: of river-deeps laid bare Zak 10,11. — In like manner might be taken Joel 1,10; Joel 1,12 (twice in verse); Joel 1,17, if from יבשׁ; but the sense would be difficult, especially in vJoel 1,10 vJoel 1,12, and הֹבִישׁוּ vJoel 1,11 must be from בּוֺשׁ, to which all these cases in Joel may be consistently assigned; see בּוֺשׁ.