יָרַשׁ (yāraš) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning take possession of. It appears
232 times
in 27 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3423).
Also rendered
to possess
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 920)
Range of meaning (TWOT 920)take possession of, inherit, dispossess; have as a possession, taking in place of, succeeding to, inheriting, be one's heir, impoverish; be, dispossessed, come to poverty; cause to possess, cause, to possess, bring to ruin…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
יָרַשׁverb: take possession of, inherit, dispossess
Qal
1.take possession of, especially bu force, have as a possession, taking in place of, succeeding to, inheriting
2.inherit, followed by accusative person = be one's heir
3.impoverish
Niphalbe (dispossessed =) impoverished, come to poverty
Hiphil
1.cause to possess or inherit
2.cause (others) to possess or inherit, then genitive dispossess
3.impoverish
4.nearly = bring to ruin, destroy
5.take possession of a land
Strong's H3423יָרַשׁ: to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin KJV:cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, × without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, × utterly.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.