Qal Perfect3masculine singular יָשַׁב Genesis 13:12 +; 2 masculine singular יָשַׁבְתָּ Judges 5:16, וְיָשַׁבְתָּה נָ֑הּ consecutive Deuteronomy 17:14; 2masculine plural יְשַׁבְתֶּם Deuteronomy 1:46; Leviticus 18:3, וִישַׁבְתֶּם consecutive Leviticus 25:18 7t., etc.; Imperfect יֵשֵׁב 1 Samuel 5:7 +, יֵשֶׁבֿ Genesis 44:33; Ezekiel 44:3, יֵ֫שֶׁב before monosyll. 1 Kings 7:8; Job 22:8; וַיֵּ֫שֶׁב Genesis 4:16 +; וַיֵּשֶׁב֑ Ruth 4:1; 1singular אֵשֵׁב Judges 6:18 +, וָאֵשֵׁב Deuteronomy 9:9 3t. + Ezekiel 3:15b (but Co אשׁר Kt); אֵשְׁבָה 1 Samuel 27:5; אֵשֵׁבָ֑ה Isaiah 49:20; וָאֵשְׁבָה Ezekiel 9:3; 3masculine plural יֵשְׁבוּ Genesis 47:4 +; 3 feminine plural תישׁבנה Ezekiel 35:9 Kt (i.e. תֵּישַׁבְנָה Ol^{§ 242 d} Kö^{i. 401}), Qr תָּשׁוֺבְנָה (√ שׁוב), Co proposes תִּוָּשַׁבְנָה; 1 plural נֵשֵׁב Jeremiah 42:13,14, וַנֵּ֫שֶׁב Numbers 20:15 5t.; Imperative masculine singular שֵׁב Genesis 20:15 +, שֶׁבֿ Genesis 35:1; שְׁבָה Genesis 27:19 +; feminine singular שְׁבִי Genesis 38:11 +; masculine plural שְׁבוּ Genesis 22:5 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute יָשֹׁבֿ 1 Samuel 20:5; construct שֶׁ֫בֶת 1 Samuel 7:2 +; שָׁ֑בֶת Isaiah 40:22 +; suffix שִׁבְתִּי 2 Samuel 7:5 +, etc.; Participle masculine י(וֺ)שׁב Genesis 4:20; Genesis 24:3 +, etc.; feminine ישְׁבָה Nahum 3:8; י(וֺ)שֶׁבֶת Judges 4:5 +; י(וֺ)שָׁ֑בֶת Joshua 2:5; 2 Kings 4:13; ישַׁבְתְּ֯י Jeremiah 22:23, י(וֺ)שֶׁבֶת֯י Jeremiah 10:17; Lamentations 4:21; Ezekiel 27:3 (Kt preferable in all these, see Ol^{§ 123 d} Ges^{§ 90}. 3 a); feminine plural ישְׁבוֺת 1 Samuel 27:8; —

1. a. sit on (עַל) a seat 1 Samuel 20:25, stone Exodus 17:12, teraphim Genesis 31:34, couch Genesis 48:2 (all E), Ezekiel 23:41, knees 2 Kings 4:20, throne Exodus 11:5; Exodus 12:29 (J), Deuteronomy 17:18; 1 Samuel 1:9; 1 Samuel 4:13; 1 Kings 1:13,17,20 +, see absolute below; of ׳י, הַיּשֵׁב עַלחֿוּג הָאֶרֶץ Isaiah 40:22; dust Isaiah 47:1, ground (אֶרֶץ) Ezekiel 26:16, ashes Jonah 3:6 (these in token of humiliation); sit down by (עַל) a well Exodus 2:15 or pool 2 Samuel 2:13; with אֶל 1 Samuel 28:23; sit in (ב) house, street, doorway, assembly, etc. 2 Samuel 7:1; Judges 19:15; Genesis 38:14 (J), Jeremiah 15:17; Jeremiah 26:10; Psalm 1:1; Songs 2:3 so Ezekiel 31:6,17 (figurative); of No of Amon (personified city) הַיּשְׁבָה בַּיְאֹרִים Nahum 3:8 she who sate amid the rivers; with לְ sit on to (pregnantly) לָאָרֶץ Isaiah 3:26; Isaiah 47:1; Lamentations 2:10, לְכִסֵּא Psalm 9:5, at, לְפֶתַח בית Proverbs 9:14, לִימִינוֺ(יׅ 1 Kings 2:19; Psalm 110:1; לַמַּבּוּל Psalm 29:10; with לִפְנֵי Genesis 43:33 (J), + שָׁם Judges 20:26; Judges 21:2; 2 Samuel 7:18 = 1 Chronicles 17:16; with עִם 1 Samuel 20:5; Proverbs 31:22; with אֶתֿ Jeremiah 16:8; Job 2:13; with תַּחַת Judges 6:11; Micah 4:4, וַיֵּשֶׁב תַּחְתֶּיהָ בַּצֵּל Jonah 4:5; with מִנֶּגֶד Genesis 21:16 (twice in verse) (E), נֶגֶד Isaiah 47:14, מִקֶּדֶם לָעִיר Jonah 4:5; מִצַּד 1 Samuel 20:25; Ruth 2:14; with accusative of congnate meaning with verb Ezekiel 28:2; לִשְׁמֹּט Exodus 18:13; Joel 4:12 (compare Psalm 9:5; Isaiah 28:6); hence absolute of sitting as king or judge Exodus 18:14; Psalm 61:8; Malachi 3:3, יושׁבים Isaiah 10:13, perhaps Amos 1:5,8, especially of ׳י sitting (enthroned), Psalm 2:4; Psalm 9:8; Psalm 29:10; Psalm 55:20; Psalm 102:13; Lamentations 5:19, so in ישֵׁב (הַ)כְּרוּבִים 1 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 6:2 = 1 Chronicles 13:6; 2 Kings 19:15; Psalm 99:1; ישֵׁב תְּהִלּוֺת יִשְׂרָאֵל Psalm 22:4 (see with עַל, above); by meton. of thrones, for the judges sitting on them שָׁמָּה יָָֽשְׁבוּ כִסְאוֺת לְמִשְׁמָּט Psalm 122:5; הַיּשְׁבִים Ruth 4:14, i.e. in the gate (compare Ruth 4:11), those in whose presence purchase of land took place.

b. sit, sit down, absolute, Judges 19:6; Ruth 4:1,2; Nehemiah 1:4; Jeremiah 36:15 (followed by clause of purpose, to eat, etc.) Genesis 37:25; Esther 3:15 +; opposed to קוּם Exodus 32:6 (JE) Psalm 139:2, מְאַחֲרֵי שֶׁבֶת Psalm 127:2 (opposed to מַשְׁכִּימֵי קוּם); so Isaiah 37:28 = 2 Kings 19:27 (read לְפָנַי קֻמְךָ at end of 2 Kings 19:27 = 2 Kings 19:26 We in Bl^{Einl. 4, 257} Rs^{Proph. 351, and n. 9}); but also קוּמִי שְׁבִי Isaiah 52:2, explained by (וַיָּקָם מֵהָאָרֶץ וַיֵּשֶׁב אֶלהַֿמִּטָּה 1 Samuel 28:23 and) 2 Samuel 19:9.

c. sit down outside (חוּץ), i.e. perform a necessity of nature Deuteronomy 23:14.

d. sit = be set (as a jewel), ישְׁבוֺתּ עַלמִֿלֵּאת Songs 5:12 set on a filling (i.e. in a setting, De and others), in description of eyes; (> others sitting by full streams).

2. a. remain, stay, tarry (for a limited or indefinite time), with אֶת person Genesis 24:55 (J), Judges 19:4; 2 Samuel 16:8; with עִם person Genesis 27:44 (J), עִמָּדִי Genesis 29:19 (E), Judges 17:10; with בְ local 1 Samuel 7:2 (of ark), 1 Samuel 13:16; 1 Samuel 14:2; 1 Samuel 24:4 (1 Samuel 23:25 read אֲשֶׁר for וַיֵּשֶׁב ᵐ5 We Dr Klo Kit Bu), 2 Samuel 10:5; 2 Samuel 19:25 (where read שִׁבְתּוֺ for שִׁיבָתוֺ Dr Klo Bu, see We), Numbers 35:25 (P), Job 24:13; with שָׁם 1 Kings 11:16, שָׁם עַדעֿוֺלָם 1 Samuel 1:22; with על (by) 1 Samuel 25:13; 1 Samuel 30:24; מֹּה 2 Kings 7:4; שְׁבוּ לָכֶם מֹּה עִםֿ הַחֲמוֺר Genesis 22:5 (E); with בֵּין Judges 5:16, מִחוּץ לְ Leviticus 14:8 (P),אֵצֶל 1 Samuel 20:19; with accusative בית 2 Samuel 6:11; 2 Samuel 13:20; Ruth 2:7; absolute 1 Samuel 1:23 (twice in verse); abide, endure Micah 5:3, וְיהוּדָה לְעוֺלָם תֵּשֵׁב Joel 4:20, so of Mt. Zion Psalm 121:1.

b. with special emphasis on qualifying phrase, וַתֵּשֶׁב בְּאֵיתָן קַשְׁתּוֺ Genesis 49:24 and his bow abode as a firm one (poem in J); 1 Kings 22:1 and they continued three years without war; of woman remaining בִּדְמֵי טָהֳרָה Leviticus 12:4, ׳עלדֿמי וגו Leviticus 12:5.

3 dwell, have one's abode in (ב) a land, city, house, etc., Genesis 4:16; Genesis 13:7,12 (twice in verse); Genesis 19:29; Genesis 24:37,62; Deuteronomy 1:4; Deuteronomy 3:2; Joshua 20:6; 2 Samuel 7:6 + often (on 2 Samuel 21:16 see ישׁבו בְנֹב, p. 444); in tents Jeremiah 35:7,10; 1 Chronicles 5:10; figurative of justice (צְדָקָה) Isaiah 32:16 ("" וְשָׁכֵן מִשְׁמָּט); in the midst of (בְּקֶרֶב) Genesis 24:3; Joshua 13:13; Joshua 16:10; Judges 1:30,32,33; Judges 3:5; so with בְּתוֺךְ Genesis 23:10 (P); with עַל + הארץ, of God 1 Kings 8:27 2Chronicles 6:18; of people Leviticus 25:18,19; Leviticus 26:35 (H); with לְ Job 15:28; with בֵּין Genesis 20:1 (E); dwell with (אֶת) Genesis 34:16,22 (P), Exodus 2:21 (E), Joshua 15:63 (JE), Judges 1:16,21; Judges 17:11; יֵשְׁבוּ יְשָׁרִים אֶתמָּֿנֶיךָ Psalm 140:14; so with עִם Joshua 20:4; Deuteronomy 23:17 (+ בקרב), Psalm 26:4 (i.e. assoc. with); with יַחְדָּו Genesis 13:6 (twice in verse) (J), Genesis 36:7 (P), Deuteronomy 25:5; שֶׁבֶת גַּםיָֿ֑חַד Psalm 133:1; dwell in their stead (תַּחְתָּם) Deuteronomy 2:12 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 2:22,23; 1 Chronicles 4:41; 1 Chronicles 5:22; absolute לָשֶׁבֶת יְצָרָהּ Isaiah 45:18 for dwelling he formed it (the earth); (thy) dwelling-place is מְקוֺם שִׁבְתְּךָ 1 Kings 8:30 2Chronicles 6:21, also ׳מְכוֺן שׁ 1 Kings 8:39,43,49 2Chronicles 6:30,33,39, so Psalm 33:14; ׳מָכוֺן לְש֔ Exodus 15:17; 1 Kings 8:13 2Chronicles 6:2. Participle ישֵׁב = substantive, dweller, inhabitant, very often (c. 215 t.): e.g. ישֵׁב אהלים Genesis 25:27 (J); often collective ישֵׁב אהל Genesis 4:20 (J), ישׁב הָאָרֶץ Genesis 34:30; Genesis 50:11 (both J), Exodus 34:12,15 (JE); also in poetry f., (as collective; see Dr on 1 Samuel 17:21) יוֺשֶׁבֶת שָׁפִיר etc., MI 1 Samuel 1:11 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 1:12,13,15; יוֺשֶׁבֶת צִיּוֺן Isaiah 12:6; Jeremiah 51:35; similarly Jeremiah 10:17; Jeremiah 21:23; Jeremiah 48:19 (compare Lamentations 4:21) Zechariah 2:11; with בת in app. (Da^{§28 R. 6}), יוֺשֶׁבֶת בַּתמִֿצְרַיִם Jeremiah 46:19, so Jeremiah 48:18; more usually plural ישְׁבֵי הֶעָרִים Genesis 19:25 (J), compare Deuteronomy 13:14; ישְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ Exodus 23:21 (JE), compare Exodus 15:14,15 (poem in E); ישְׁבֵי תֵבֵל Isaiah 18:3, יוֺשְׁבֵי חָ֑דֶל Isaiah 38:11, etc.; ישְׁבֶיהָ Leviticus 18:25; Leviticus 25:10 (H), Numbers 13:32 (P); absolute יוֺשֵׁב (collective) Amos 1:5,8; Isaiah 49:19; הַיוֺשְׁבִים 1 Chronicles 9:2; also (strangely) ישְׁבוֺת הארץ 1 Samuel 27:8 = the populations of the land We Dr (elsewhere in this sense only feminine singular and in poetry, see above); frequently in phrase without in habitant (i.e. so that there shall be no inhabitants), מֵאֵין ישׁב Isaiah 5:9; Isaiah 6:4; Jeremiah 4:7; Jeremiah 26:9; Jeremiah 33:10; Jeremiah 34:23; Jeremiah 44:22; Jeremiah 46:19; Jeremiah 51:29,37; Zephaniah 2:5; Zephaniah 3:6; מֵאֵין יוֺשֵׁב בָּהֶן Jeremiah 48:9; מִבְּלִי ישֵׁב Jeremiah 2:15; Jeremiah 9:10; לאֹ יִהְיֶה יוֺשֵב בָּהּ Jeremiah 50:3; לְבִלְתִּי הֱיוֺתבּֿוֺ יוֺשֵׁב Jeremiah 51:62.

4 of a land or city, sit, abide seated in its place, figurative for be inhabited Jeremiah 17:6,25; Jeremiah 50:13,39; Ezekiel 26:20; Ezekiel 29:11; Ezekiel 36:35; Isaiah 13:20 ("" לאֹ תִּשְׁכּוֺן), Zechariah 2:8; Zechariah 9:5; Zechariah 14:11; יָָֽשְׂבָה תַּחְתֶּיהָ Zechariah 12:6; Zechariah 14:10; Ezekiel 35:9 Kt is תישׁבנה, Qr תָּשׁוֺבְנָה; Co תושׁבנה, i.e. Niph`al תִּוָּשַׁבְנָה (compare Ezekiel 36:10), or Hoph`al תּוּשַׁבְנָה (compare Isaiah 44:26); of palace, וְאַרְמוֺן עַלמִֿשְׁמָּטוֺ יֵשֵׁב Jeremiah 30:18.

Niph`al Perfect3feminine singular נוֺשָׁ֑בָה Jeremiah 6:8; 3plural וְנָֽשְׁבוּ consecutive Ezekiel 36:10, נוֺשָׂ֑בוּ Ezekiel 26:19, נוֺשָׁ֑בֻ֯ה Jeremiah 22:6; Participle feminine נוֺשֶׁבֶת Ezekiel 26:17 ( < נִשְׁבַּתְּ ᵐ5 Co, √ שׁבת), נוֺשָׁ֑בֶת Exodus 16:35; plural נוֺשָׁבוֺת Ezekiel 12:20; Ezekiel 38:12; — be inhabited, of land Exodus 16:35 (perhaps = be habitable), Jeremiah 6:8; of cities Jeremiah 22:6; Ezekiel 12:20; Ezekiel 26:19; Ezekiel 36:10; חֳרָבוֺת נוֺשָׁבוֺת Ezekiel 38:12; — Ezekiel 26:17 see above; Ezekiel 35:9 see Qal 4.

Pi`el Perfect3masculine plural וְיִשְּׁבוּ טִירוֺתֵיהֶם בָּ֑ךְ Ezekiel 25:4 and they shall set their encampments in thee (ᵐ5 ᵑ6 Co וְיֵשְׁבוּ inhabit.

Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular השִׁיב Ezra 10:14, suffix הוֺשַׁיבַנִי Lamentations 3:6; Psalm 143:3; 1singular הוֺשַׁבְתִּי Leviticus 23:33, וְה(וֺ)שַׁבְתִּים consecutive Hosea 11:11; Jeremiah 32:37; וְהוֺשְׁבוֺתִים consecutive Zechariah 10:6 (Kö^{i, 413}; but probably text error, see Thes and Ges^{Lgb 464}; read probably וַהֲשִׁבוֺתִים as Zechariah 10:10, so Sta^{ZAW. 1881, 21} We), etc.; Imperfect3masculine singular וַיּוֺשֵׁב Genesis 47:11, וַיּוֺ֫שֶׁב2Chronicles 8:2; Psalm 107:36; suffix וַיּוֺשִׁיבַי֯נִי 1 Kings 2:24 (Kö^{i, 414. 224}); וַיּשִׁיבֵם Job 36:7; 1plural ונּ֫שֶׁב Ezra 10:2, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הוֺשֵׁב Genesis 47:6; masculine plural ה(וֺ)שִׁיבוּ 1 Kings 21:9,10; Infinitive construct ה(וֺ)שִׁיב 1 Samuel 2:8; Nehemiah 13:27; הוֺשִׁיבִי Psalm 113:8 (Ol^{§ 123 d}; read בוֺ-, see Che); Participle absolute מוֺשִׁיב Psalm 68:7, construct מוֺשִׁיבִי Psalm 113:9 (Ol^l.c. Ges^l.c.); —

1 cause to sit with accusative of person + על כסא 1 Kings 2:24; 2Chronicles 23:20 so (without על כסא) + לָנֶצַח Job 36:7; set, place with accusative of person + נֶגְדּוֺ 1 Kings 21:10, also 1 Kings 21:9, 1 Kings 21:12 (בְּראֹשׁ הָעָם).

2 cause to abide (accusative of person) at (ב) 1 Samuel 30:21.

3. a. cause to dwell, with accusative of person + ב location 1 Samuel 12:8; 2 Kings 17:6; Hosea 12:10; Genesis 47:6,11 (P), Leviticus 23:43 (H), Lamentations 3:6; Psalm 143:3; בְּאֶרֶץ תַּחְתִיּוֺת Ezekiel 26:20; accusative of person omitted 2 Kings 17:24,26; accusative of person + שָׁם2Chronicles 8:2; Psalm 107:36; accusative of person + עַלהַֿבָּתִּים Hosea 11:11 (but read וַהֲשִׁבֹתִים We); accusative of person omitted, with עם person 1 Samuel 2:8; Psalm 113:8; מוֺשִׁיב יְחִידִים בַּ֫יְתָה Psalm 68:7 causing solitary ones to dwell in a house (or is מוֺשִׁיב for מֵשִׁיב Bae?); with accusative of person only עֲקֶרֶת הַבַּיִת ׳מושׁ Psalm 113:9 giving a dwelling to her that is barren of house; absolute with לָבֶ֫טַח Jeremiah 32:37; Psalm 4:9; absolute with כְּקַדְמוֺתֵיכֶם Ezekiel 36:11. On Zechariah 10:6, see above

b. cause cities (עָרִים) to be inhabited Ezekiel 36:33; Isaiah 54:3.

4 marry (properly give a dwelling to, compare Psalm 113:9), only Ezra Nehemiah, and only with accusative נָשִׁים נָכְרִיּוֺת strange or foreign women Ezra 10:2,10,14,17,18; Nehemiah 13:27; so השִׁיבוּ נָשִׁים אַשְׁדֳּו֯דִיּוֺת Nehemiah 13:23.

Hoph`al Perfect וְהוּשַׁבְתֶּם לְבַדְּכֶם בְּקֶרֶב הָאָ֑רֶץ Isaiah 5:8 and ye be made to dwell alone in the midst of the land. Imperfect הָאֹמֵר לִירוּשָׁלַםִ תּוּשָׁב֑ Isaiah 44:26 he who saith of Jerusalem, she shall be inhabited. Ezekiel 35:9 see Qal 4.