HebrewH3456Verb
יָשַׁם
ya.sham
“be desolate”
4Occurrences
H3456Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
to lie waste
a primitive root;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
(Qal) to ruin, be desolate
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Verb
Morphology Code
H:V
Full Description
Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
יָשַׁם appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Ezk
3
Genesis
1
Key Passages
Ezk 12:19BSB
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Ezk 19:7BSB
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Ezk 6:6BSB
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Genesis 47:19BSB
Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”
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