יַבָּשָׁה
yab.ba.shah
“dry land”
Definition
dry ground
from H3001 (יָבֵשׁ);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
יַבָּשָׁה appears 13 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
And as for you, lift up your staff and stretch out your hand over the sea and divide it, so that the Israelites can go through the sea on dry ground.
But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
But if they do not believe even these two signs or listen to your voice, take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry ground. Then the water you take from the Nile will become blood on the ground.”
God called the dry land “earth,” and the gathering of waters He called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
“I am a Hebrew,” replied Jonah. “I worship the LORD, the God of the heavens, who made the sea and the dry land.”
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