יָבֵשׁ (yābēš) is a Hebrew verb meaning be dry. It appears 73 times in 17 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3001).

Also rendered

• to wither

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 837)

Root family 837: יָבֵשׁ yābēš — be or become dry, be dried up, make dry, wither. (ASV, RSV same.)

• יַבָּשָׁה yabbāšâ — dry land
• יָבֵשׁ yābēš — dry
• יַבֶּשֶׁת yabbešet — dry ground

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