שְׁבוּ

𐤔𐤁𐤅

shevu

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

Genesis 22:5 · Word #5

Lexicon H3427

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

Morphology HVqv2mp 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 p — Plural — Plural

SIBI-P1 H3427-54

Sit down!

Rootישב (y-š-b)
Core Meaningssitting, dwelling, remaining, settling, abiding
Semantic Rangeto sit physically; to remain or stay; to dwell in a place; to inhabit; to settle or establish residence; to abide in a condition
Conceptual Significanceיָשַׁב expresses stability and settled presence—whether of individuals in a location, Israel in the land, or YHWH enthroned. It often conveys themes of rest, permanence, and ordered habitation in covenantal and communal contexts.
Morphological NotesQal imperative, 2nd person masculine plural from יָשַׁב. The Qal stem conveys the simple, active sense: to sit, dwell, or remain.
Rendering RationaleThe form שְׁבוּ is Qal imperative, second masculine plural, from יָשַׁב, calling a group of men to perform the basic root action of sitting or settling. "Sit down!" preserves the concrete core sense of the root while reflecting the plural imperative force of the verb.

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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
H3427-02 beshivetekha in your sitting down
H3427-03 beshivetekhem in your dwelling (you men)

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