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# יָצַת

Biblical Hebrew

**kindle** — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

kindle [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b8_5e6_5b7_5ea/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָצַת: vb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b8_5e6_5b7_5ea/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. kindle, burn (intr.) (NH id. (rare))— Impf. 3 fs. וַתִּצַּת Is 9:17; יִצַּ֑תּוּ 33:12 Je 51:58 (Köi 431); 3 fpl. תִּצַּתְנָה Je 49:2;—kindle, intr., fig. of wickedness, Is 9:17; sq. בָּאֵשׁ be kindled with fire (= set on fire), of thorns (in sim.) 33:12, Je 49:2 (of dependent towns and villages of Rabbah, under fig. of daughters), 51:58 (of gates of Babylon). Pf. נִצְּתָה 2 K 22:13 Je 9:11 + 2:15 Kt (Qr נִצְּתוּ); וְנִצְּתָה consec. 2 K 22:17 Je 46:19; נִצְּתוּ Ne 1:3 + 2 times + Je 2:15 Qr (cf. supr.);—be kindled, fig. of wrath of י׳, 2 K 22:13, 17; be burned, of gates of Jerusalem, sq. בָּאֵשׁ, Ne 1:3; 2:17; = desolated Je 2:15 (of cities of Israel), cf. 46:19, 9:9 (of mountains and pastures); of land 9:11 (‖ אָֽבְדָה). Pf. הִצִּית Je 11:16; 1 s. וְהִצַּתִּי consec. Je 17:27 + 5 times; והוציתיה 2 S 14:30 Kt; (וְהַצִּיתוּהָ Imv., Ges§ 71 Köi 431); הִצִּיתוּ v 31 Je 51:30; וְהִצִּיתוּ consec. 32:29; Impf. וִיַּצֶּת־ La 4:11; אֲצִיתֶנָּה Is 27:4 (read אַצִּיתֶנָּה Köl.c. Gesl.c.); וַיַּצִּיתוּ Jos 8:19 + 2 times; תַּצִּיתוּ v 8; Imv. 2 S 14:30 Qr, cf. supr.; Pt. מַצִּית Ez 21:3;—kindle, set on fire, sq. acc., עִיר + בָּאֵשׁ Jos 8:8, 19 (JE), Je 32:29 (+ שׂרף); field of corn, + בָּאֵשׁ 2 S 14:30(×2), 31; dwellings (no באשׁ) Je 51:30, cf. also Ju 9:49; also sq. acc. אֵשׁ + prep. על, Je 11:16 (of Jerusalem under fig. of olive-tree); elsewhere + בְּ, Am 1:14, והצתי אשׁ ב׳ (hence Je 17:27; 21:14; 43:12; 49:27; 50:32) La 4:11 Ez 21:3.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: they are ruined (1).

## In the verses

[Jeremiah 2:15](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.15/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.2.15/#tree)

עָלָיו֙ יִשְׁאֲג֣וּ כְפִרִ֔ים נָתְנ֖וּ קוֹלָ֑ם וַיָּשִׁ֤יתוּ אַרְצוֹ֙ לְשַׁמָּ֔ה עָרָ֥יו נִצְּת֖וּ מִבְּלִ֥י יֹשֵֽׁב׃

*Word for word:* on it they.have.been.roaring young.lions they.have.given.forth voice their and they.have.made land its into a.waste cities its they.are.ruined from not inhabitant

*JPS 1917:* The young lions have roared upon him, and let their voice resound; and they have made his land desolate, his cities are laid waste, without inhabitant.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d9_5b8_5e6_5b7_5ea.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b8_5e6_5b7_5ea/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).