יָבֵשׁ

H3001. yabesh
I. יָבֵשׁ verb be dry, dried up, withered (Late Hebrew id. (rare), יְבֵישׁ ᵑ7, chiefly Pa`al, Ithpe`el, Syriac ; Sabean, Palmyrene derivatives; Arabic ; Ethiopic ) —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular יָבֵשׁ Jos 9:5 Jos 9:8t.; וְיָבֵשׁ consecutive Isa 19:5+ 4 t.; 3 feminine singular יָבְשָׁה Gen 8:14; Gen 8:3plural יָבְשׁוּ Jer 23:10 Jer 23:2t.; יָבֵ֑שׁוּ Jer 50:38 Jer 50:2t.; Imperfect3masculine singular יִבַשׁ Isa 19:7; יִיבָ֑שׁ Jer 12:4; Job 8:12; וַיִּיבַשׁ 1Ki 17:7; וַיִּיבָ֑שׁ Jon 4:7; Jon 4:3feminine singular תִּיבַשׁ Eze 17:10; תִּיבָ֑שׁ Eze 17:10 Eze 17:3t., etc.; Infinitive construct (בִּ)יבשׁ Isa 27:11; יְבשֶׁת Gen 8:7; absolute יָבוֺשׁ Zec 11:17; יָבשׁ Eccl 17:10; —
1 be dry, dried up without moisture:
a. of bread Jos 9:5, Jos 9:12 (JE).
b. of ground lacking rain Amo 4:7, compare Amo 1:2 (of Carmel at utterance of ׳יs voice), Jer 23:10.
c. of earth after the flood Gen 8:14 (P), compare חָרֵב
d. of grass, herbage, trees and crops (already implied in
b. = wither Isa 15:6; Isa 19:7; Isa 27:11; Jer 12:4; Job 8:12; Joe 1:12; Jon 4:7; in simile of shortness of life Psa 90:6; Psa 102:12; Psa 129:6, see also Isa 40:7-8, (in these two || נָבֵל); of heart under figure of grass Psa 102:5; of Judah under figure of vine Eze 17:9 (twice in verse); Eze 17:10 (3 t. in verse), compare Eze 19:12; of princes under figure of tree Isa 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, 1Ki 13:4; Zec 11:17 (twice in verse); in distress כֹּחִי כַּחֶרֶשׁ יָבֵשׁ Psa 22:16 my strength is dried up like the potsherd; of skin Lam 4:8, and (figurative) of bones Eze 37:11.
2 be dried up: of water Gen 8:7 (J), Isa 19:5; 1Ki 17:7; Jer 50:38; Joe 1:20; Job 12:15; Job 14:11.
Pi`el make dry, dry up, only Imperfect3masculine 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 Pro 17:22 a broken spirit maketh dry (the) bones.
Hiph`il Perfect3masculine singular הוֺבִישׁ Jos 2:10 Jos 2:3t. + Joe 1:10 (see below); חֹבִישׁ Eze 19:12 Eze 19:2t. Joel (see below); 3feminine singular הוֺבִישָׁה Joe 1:12 (see below); 2 masculine singular הוֺבַשְׁתָּ Psa 74:15; Psa 74:1singular הוֺבַשְׁתִּי Eze 17:24; וְהוֺבַשְׁתִּ֫י Jer 51:36; Jer 51:3plural וְהֹבִישׁוּ consecutive Zec 10:11; Imperfect1singular אוֺבִישׁ Isa 42:15 (twice in verse); Isa 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), Isa 42:15; Isa 44:27 (חֳרָבִי in || clause), Psa 74:15.
2 make dry, wither: herbage, trees, crops, etc., of ׳י, Isa 42:15 (|| החריב); object Babylon under figure of tree Eze 17:24; of east wind's drying up Judah's fruit Eze 19:12.
3 exhibit dryness: of river-deeps laid bare Zec 10:11. — In like manner might be taken Joe 1:10, Joe 1:12 (twice in verse); Joe 1:17, if from יבשׁ; but the sense would be difficult, especially in Joe 1:10; Joe 1:12, and הֹבִישׁוּ Joe 1:11 must be from בּוֺשׁ, to which all these cases in Joel may be consistently assigned; see בּוֺשׁ.