יָבֵשׁ

Strong’s Definition

to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), [idiom] utterly, wither (away).

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to make dry, wither, be dry, become dry, be dried up, be withered
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(piel) to make dry, dry up
• 4.(hiphil)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: yâbêsh; Pronunciation: yaw-bashe'