שֵֽׁב

𐤔𐤁

shev

stay

a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.

H3427

2 Kings 2:6 · Word #4

Lexicon H3427

Lemmaיָשַׁב
Lemma (Paleo)𐤉𐤔𐤁
Transliterationyâshab
Strong'sH3427
In-contextstay

Morphology HVqv2ms All morphology codes

Part of Speech V — Verb — An action or state
Binyan q — Qal — Simple active
Conjugation v — Imperative — A command
Person 2 — 2nd person — Second person ("you")
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular

SIBI-P1 H3427-55

Dwell!

Morphological NotesQal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular of יָשַׁב. The Qal stem expresses the simple action "to sit/dwell," and the imperative gives a direct command to one male individual.
Rendering RationaleThis form is a Qal imperative, second masculine singular, calling one male individual to perform the basic action of the root ישב. "Dwell!" preserves the core sense of sitting down or remaining in a place, reflecting the simple (Qal) active command directed to a single masculine addressee.

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Words from Root ישב (sitting, dwelling, remaining, settling, abiding)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H4186-01 bemoshevotam in their dwelling-places
H3427-01 beshevet in dwelling
H3427-03 beshivetekha in your sitting down

Word Usage (1092 occurrences of H3427)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 4:16 וַ/יֵּ֥שֶׁב vayeshev dwelt
Genesis 4:20 יֹשֵׁ֥ב yoshev those who dwell
Genesis 11:2 וַ/יֵּ֥שְׁבוּ vayeshevu and they settled