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Hebrew verb · H3320

יָצַב

yatsabyaw-tsab'

to stand

48 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: yâtsab

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3320is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 15 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 38
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H3320

to place (any thing so as to stay); reflexively, to station, offer, continue

The King James renders it: present selves, remaining, resort, set (selves), (be able to, can, with-) stand (fast, forth, -ing, still, up).

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

yatsab is rendered "to stand". It stands 48 times in the Hebrew text, across fifteen books.

  • Six of the uses stand in Exodus, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 2:4And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-eight different ways.

The first use

And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

Exodus 2:4וַתֵּתַצַּ֥ב

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

The word stands in fifteen of the 39 Old Testament books.

The other 24 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • take your stand5
  • and he stood3
  • and they presented themselves3
  • he will stand3
  • and he took his stand2
  • and present yourself2
  • he will take his stand2
  • present yourselves2
  • stand2
  • to present themselves2
  • will he take his stand2
  • and he presented himself1

and 19 more, 48 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

יָצַרyatsarto form: formedUses62
יָצַקyatsaqto pour: pourUses50
יָצַתyatsathto kindleUses29
יָצַגyatsagto setUses16
יָצַרyatsarbe distressedUses10

The words it stands beside

All 48, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

38 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • יִתְיַצֵּ֥ב4
  • וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֖וּ3
  • לְהִתְיַצֵּ֖ב3
  • הִתְיַצְּב֣וּ2
  • וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֖ב2
  • מֵֽהִתְיַצֵּ֖ב2
  • הִתְיַצֵּב֮1
  • הִתְיַצֵּ֥ב1
  • הִתְיַצֵּ֣ב1
  • הִתְיַצֵּב֙1
  • הִתְיַצָּֽבָה׃1
  • הִֽתְיַצְב֗וּ1

and 26 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular9HVti3ms
  • Hc/Vtw3ms6Hc/Vtw3ms
  • preposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)6HR/Vtcc
  • Hc/Vtw3mp5Hc/Vtw3mp
  • verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine plural5HVtv2mp
  • verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine singular4HVtv2ms
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine plural2HC/Vtv2mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine singular2HC/Vtv2ms
  • verb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural2HVti3mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singular1HC/Vtc1cs
  • Hc/Vtq3cp1Hc/Vtq3cp
  • HC/Vtu3mp1HC/Vtu3mp

Exodus

six uses
  • And his sister stood at a distance to see what would happen to him.

    Exodus 2:4

    • וַתֵּתַצַּ֥בvatetatzavHc/Vtw3fstagged: and she stood
  • Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

    Exodus 8:20

    • וְהִתְיַצֵּב֙vehityatzevconjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and present yourself
  • Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

    Exodus 9:13

    • וְהִתְיַצֵּ֖בvehityatzevconjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: and present yourself
  • But Moses told the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the LORD’s salvation, which He will accomplish for you today; for the Egyptians you see today, you will never see again.

    Exodus 14:13

    • הִֽתְיַצְב֗וּhityatzvuverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: stand firm
  • Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

    Exodus 19:17

    • וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֖וּvaiyityatzevuHc/Vtw3mptagged: and they stood
  • And the LORD descended in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed His name, the LORD.

    Exodus 34:5

    • וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֥בvaiyityatzevHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he stood

Numbers

four uses
  • Then the LORD said to Moses, “Bring Me seventy of the elders of Israel known to you as leaders and officers of the people. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting and have them stand there with you.

    Numbers 11:16

    • וְהִֽתְיַצְּב֥וּvehityatzevuHc/Vtq3cptagged: and they will present themselves
  • Then God’s anger was kindled because Balaam was going along, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him.

    Numbers 22:22

    • וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֞בvaiyityatzevHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he stood
  • “Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone,” Balaam said to Balak. “Perhaps the LORD will meet with me. And whatever He reveals to me, I will tell you.” So Balaam went off to a barren height,

    Numbers 23:3

    • הִתְיַצֵּב֮hityatzevverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take your stand
  • Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.”

    Numbers 23:15

    • הִתְיַצֵּ֥בhityatzevverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take your stand

Deuteronomy

five uses
  • He will hand their kings over to you, and you will wipe out their names from under heaven. No one will be able to stand against you; you will annihilate them.

    Deuteronomy 7:24

    • יִתְיַצֵּ֥בyityatzevverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will stand
  • The people are strong and tall, the descendants of the Anakim. You know about them, and you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the sons of Anak?”

    Deuteronomy 9:2

    • יִתְיַצֵּ֔בyityatzevverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he stand
  • No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.

    Deuteronomy 11:25

    • יִתְיַצֵּ֥בyityatzevverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will stand
  • Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the Tent of Meeting, so that I may commission him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves at the Tent of Meeting.

    Deuteronomy 31:14

    • וְהִֽתְיַצְּב֛וּvehityatzevuconjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and present yourselves
    • וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֖וּvaiyityatzevuHc/Vtw3mptagged: and they presented themselves

Joshua

two uses
  • No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

    Joshua 1:5

    • יִתְיַצֵּ֥בyityatzevverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will stand
  • Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.

    Joshua 24:1

    • וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֖וּvaiyityatzevuHc/Vtw3mptagged: and they presented themselves

Judges

one use
  • The leaders of all the people and all the tribes of Israel presented themselves in the assembly of God’s people: 400,000 men on foot, armed with swords.

    Judges 20:2

    • וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֞וּvaiyityatzevuHc/Vtw3mptagged: and they presented themselves

1 Samuel

six uses
  • Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”

    1 Samuel 3:10

    • וַיִּתְיַצַּ֔בvaiyityatzavHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he stood
  • But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”

    1 Samuel 10:19

    • הִֽתְיַצְּבוּ֙hityatzevuverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: present yourselves
  • So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.

    1 Samuel 10:23

    • וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֖בvaiyityatzevHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he presented himself
  • Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.

    1 Samuel 12:7

    • הִֽתְיַצְּב֛וּhityatzevuverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: present yourselves
  • Now, therefore, stand and see this great thing that the LORD will do before your eyes.

    1 Samuel 12:16

    • הִתְיַצְּב֣וּhityatzevuverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: stand
  • For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.

    1 Samuel 17:16

    • וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֖בvaiyityatzevHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he took his stand

2 Samuel

four uses
  • If I had jeopardized my own life—and nothing is hidden from the king—you would have abandoned me.”

    2 Samuel 18:13

    • תִּתְיַצֵּ֥בtityatzevverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: you will stand
  • “Move aside,” said the king, “and stand here.” So he stepped aside.

    2 Samuel 18:30

    • הִתְיַצֵּ֣בhityatzevverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: stand
  • And they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,

    2 Samuel 21:5

    • מֵֽהִתְיַצֵּ֖בmehityatzevpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: from standing
  • But Shammah took his stand in the middle of the field, defended it, and struck down the Philistines. So the LORD brought about a great victory.

    2 Samuel 23:12

    • וַיִּתְיַצֵּ֤בvaiyityatzevHc/Vtw3mstagged: and he took his stand

1 Chronicles

one use
  • But Eleazar and David stationed themselves in the middle of the field and defended it. They struck down the Philistines, and the LORD brought about a great victory.

    1 Chronicles 11:14

    • וַיִּֽתְיַצְּב֤וּvaiyityatzevuHc/Vtw3mptagged: and they took their stand

2 Chronicles

three uses
  • Moreover, the priests and Levites from all their districts throughout Israel stood with Rehoboam.

    2 Chronicles 11:13

    • הִֽתְיַצְּב֥וּhityatzevuverb · reflexive (hithpael), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person common pluraltagged: they took their stand
  • and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.

    2 Chronicles 20:6

    • לְהִתְיַצֵּֽב׃lehityatzevpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to hold ground
  • You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out and face them tomorrow, for the LORD is with you.’”

    2 Chronicles 20:17

    • הִתְיַצְּב֣וּhityatzevuverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: take your stand

Job

six uses
  • One day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them.

    Job 1:6

    • לְהִתְיַצֵּ֖בlehityatzevpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to present themselves
  • On another day the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came with them to present himself before Him.

    Job 2:1

    • לְהִתְיַצֵּ֖בlehityatzevpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to present themselves
    • לְהִתְיַצֵּ֖בlehityatzevpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to present himself
  • Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.

    Job 33:5

    • הִתְיַצָּֽבָה׃hityatzavahverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine singular + paragogic hetagged: take your stand
  • The earth takes shape like clay under a seal; its hills stand out like the folds of a garment.

    Job 38:14

    • וְ֝יִֽתְיַצְּב֗וּveyityatzevuHC/Vtu3mptagged: so they may stand forth
  • No one is so fierce as to rouse Leviathan. Then who is able to stand against Me?

    Job 41:10

    • יִתְיַצָּֽב׃yityatzavverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he take his stand

Psalms

four uses
  • The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:

    Psalms 2:2

    • יִ֥תְיַצְּב֨וּ׀yityatzevuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they take their stand
  • The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.

    Psalms 5:5

    • יִתְיַצְּב֣וּyityatzevuverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they will take their stand
  • Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.

    Psalms 36:4

    • יִ֭תְיַצֵּבyityatzevverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he takes his stand
  • Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand for me against the workers of iniquity?

    Psalms 94:16

    • יִתְיַצֵּ֥בyityatzevverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he take his stand

Proverbs

two uses
  • Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will be stationed in the presence of kings; he will not stand before obscure men.

    Proverbs 22:29

    • יִתְיַצָּ֑בyityatzavverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will take his stand
    • יִ֝תְיַצֵּבyityatzevverb · reflexive (hithpael), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will take his stand

Jeremiah

two uses
  • Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor!

    Jeremiah 46:4

    • וְהִֽתְיַצְּב֖וּvehityatzevuconjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and take your stand
  • “Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’

    Jeremiah 46:14

    • הִתְיַצֵּב֙hityatzevverb · reflexive (hithpael), command · 2nd person masculine singulartagged: take your stand

Habakkuk

one use
  • I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.

    Habakkuk 2:1

    • וְאֶֽתְיַצְּבָ֖הveetyatzevahconjunction (“and”) + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common singulartagged: and I will take my stand

Zechariah

one use
  • And the angel told me, “These are the four spirits of heaven, going forth from their station before the Lord of all the earth.

    Zechariah 6:5

    • מֵֽהִתְיַצֵּ֖בmehityatzevpreposition + verb · reflexive (hithpael), infinitive (“to…”)tagged: from when presented themselves

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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