Word Study · Strong's H3425 · Hebrew
יְרֻשָּׁה
yerushshah
yer-oosh-shaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: yᵉrushshâh
“something occupied”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
something occupied; a conquest; also a patrimony
Rendered in the KJV as
heritage, inheritance, possession.
- 14occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 14 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- יְרֻשָּׁ֔ה2
- יְרֻשָּֽׁה׃2
- הַיְרֻשָּׁ֛ה1
- יְרֻשָּׁ֣ה1
- יְרֻשָּׁ֗ה1
- יְרֻשָּׁ֖ה1
- יְ֝רֻשַּׁ֗ת1
- יְרֻשַּׁ֥ת1
- יְרֻשָּׁת֔וֹ1
- יְרֻשַּׁתְכֶם֙1
- לִֽירֻשָּׁת֔וֹ1
- מִיְּרֻשָּׁתְךָ֖1
How it is rendered · 8
- a possession7
- [the] possession of1
- a possession of1
- from possession your1
- possession its1
- possession your1
- the possession1
- to possession his1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- noun · feminine singular7
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 7
- HNcfsc · 2
- HNcfsc/Sp2mp · 1
- HNcfsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HR/Ncfsc/Sp2ms · 1
- HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HTd/Ncfsa · 1
All 14, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Deuteronomy7 of 14 · 50%
- Joshua3 of 14 · 21%
- Judges1 of 14 · 7%
- 2 Chronicles1 of 14 · 7%
- Psalms1 of 14 · 7%
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy7 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 2:5יְרֻשָּׁ֣הyerushahnoun · feminine singularDo not provoke them, for I will not give you any of their land, not even a footprint, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as his possession.here: a possession
- Deuteronomy 2:9יְרֻשָּׁ֔הyerushahnoun · feminine singularThen the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”here: a possession
- Deuteronomy 2:9יְרֻשָּֽׁה׃yerushahnoun · feminine singularThen the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”here: a possession
- Deuteronomy 2:12יְרֻשָּׁת֔וֹyerushatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThe Horites used to live in Seir, but the descendants of Esau drove them out. They destroyed the Horites from before them and settled in their place, just as Israel did in the land that the LORD gave them as their possession.)here: possession its
- Deuteronomy 2:19יְרֻשָּׁ֔הyerushahnoun · feminine singularBut when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”here: a possession
- Deuteronomy 2:19יְרֻשָּֽׁה׃yerushahnoun · feminine singularBut when you get close to the Ammonites, do not harass them or provoke them, for I will not give you any of the land of the Ammonites. I have given it to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”here: a possession
- Deuteronomy 3:20לִֽירֻשָּׁת֔וֹlirushatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularuntil the LORD gives rest to your brothers as He has to you, and they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them across the Jordan. Then each of you may return to the possession I have given you.”here: to possession his
Joshua3 occurrences
- Joshua 1:15יְרֻשַּׁתְכֶם֙yerushatkhemnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraluntil the LORD gives them rest as He has done for you, and your brothers also possess the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you may return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of that which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the east side of the Jordan.”here: possession your
- Joshua 12:6יְרֻשָּׁ֗הyerushahnoun · feminine singularMoses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had struck them down and given their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.here: a possession
- Joshua 12:7יְרֻשָּׁ֖הyerushahnoun · feminine singularAnd these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritancehere: a possession
