II. יָבֵשׁ verbal adjective or

Participle dry, dried, so, masculine singular absolute Nahum 1:10 4t.; feminine singular יְבֵשָׁה Numbers 11:6; masculine plural (וִ)יבֵשִׁים Numbers 6:3; feminine plural יְבֵשׁוֺת Ezekiel 37:2,4; —

1 dried, literal only עֲנָבִים יְבֵשִׁיס Numbers 6:3 dried grapes (P; opposed to לַחִים ׳ְ); figurative נַפְשֵׁנוּ יְבֵשָׁה Numbers 11:6 (JE) our soul (i.e. our appetite) is dried up, namely, for want of fresh, juicy meat.

2 dry, of chaff, קַשׁ Nahum 1:10 in simile of Ninevites under impending judgment; compare in figure of Job, Job 13:25; of tree Ezekiel 17:24 (figurative of Davidic house; opposed to עֵץ לָ֑ךְ), Ezekiel 21:3 (in prediction of Judah's devastation by Babylon, opposed to id.); Isaiah 56:3 figurative of eunuch; of the bonesin Ezekiel's vision Ezekiel 37:2,4.

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