יָצַע
ya.tsa
“to lay”
Definition
to strew as a surface
a primitive root;
- to spread out, make a bed 1a) (Hiphil) to lay, spread out 1b) (Hophal) to be laid, be spread out
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Occurrences
יָצַע appears 4 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
Your pomp has been brought down to Sheol,along with the music of your harps.Maggots are your bedand worms your blanket.
Is this the fast I have chosen:a day for a man to deny himself,to bow his head like a reed,and to spread out sackcloth and ashes?Will you call this a fastand a day acceptable to the LORD?
If I ascend to the heavens, You are there;if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.
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