יָשַׁט

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3447

extend — used 3 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

extend tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָשַׁט: vb. extend, hold out tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. only Impf. extend, hold out (late) (NH Hiph. id.; Aramaic Aph. אוֹשֵׁיט, ܐܰܘܫܶܛ id.;? Assyrian ašṭu, extended, mighty LyonSargontexte 60 DlHWB144; Arabic وَسَطَ is penetrate into the middle of)—יוֹשִׁיט שַׁרְבִיט הַזָּהָב לְ Est 4:11 hold out the golden sceptre to, so (וַיּ֫וֹשֶׁט) 5:2; 8:4.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he held out (2); he holds out (1).

In the verses

Esther 8:4 · tree →

וַיּ֤וֹשֶׁט הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ לְאֶסְתֵּ֔ר אֵ֖ת שַׁרְבִ֣ט הַזָּהָ֑ב וַתָּ֣קָם אֶסְתֵּ֔ר וַֽתַּעֲמֹ֖ד לִפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

Word for word: and he.held.out the king to Esther (et) the.scepter of.(the) gold and she.arose Esther and she.stood before the king

JPS 1917: Then the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.

Esther 5:2 · tree →

וַיְהִי֩ כִרְא֨וֹת הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת־אֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַמַּלְכָּ֗ה עֹמֶ֙דֶת֙ בֶּֽחָצֵ֔ר נָשְׂאָ֥ה חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינָ֑יו וַיּ֨וֹשֶׁט הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ לְאֶסְתֵּ֗ר אֶת־שַׁרְבִ֤יט הַזָּהָב֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיָד֔וֹ וַתִּקְרַ֣ב אֶסְתֵּ֔ר וַתִּגַּ֖ע בְּרֹ֥אשׁ הַשַּׁרְבִֽיט׃ס

Word for word: and it.was just as.saw the king (et) Esther the queen standing in the court she.bore favor in eyes his and he.held.out the king to Esther (et) the.scepter of.(the) gold which [was].in hand his and she.drew.near Esther and she.touched (in).the top of the.scepter

JPS 1917: And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.

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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).

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