י־ש־ב

See also: ישב

Hebrew

Etymology

Proto-Semitic, compare with Arabic و ث ب (w ṯ b), and Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܘ ܬ ܒ (w t b).

Root

י־שׁ־ב • (y-sh-b)

1. Used to form words relating to sitting or settling.

Forms

• (paʿal): יָשַׁב (yasháv, verb)
  • (q'tila): יְשִׁיבָה (y'shivá, noun)
• (nifʿal): נוֹשַׁב (nosháv, verb)
• (puʿal): יושב / יֻשַּׁב (yusháv, verb)
• (piʿel): יישב / יִשֵּׁב (yishév, verb)
• (hifʿil): הוֹשִׁיב (hoshív, verb)
• (hitpaʿel): התיישב / הִתְיַשֵּׁב (hit'yashév, verb)
• (qitul): יישוב / יִשּׁוּב m (yishúv, noun)
• מוֹשָׁב (mosháv, noun)
• תּוֹשָׁב m (tosháv, noun)

Derived terms

Hebrew terms belonging to the root י־שׁ־ב‎ (0 c, 17 e)

References

• A. Murtonen (1989) “YʃB”, in Hebrew in Its West Semitic Setting, Part I, Section Bb, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 223
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “ישב”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 265

Anagrams

• י־ב־ש, יבש, ישב, שבי