יָשַׁב (yashav) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning sit. It appears
1092 times
in 38 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H3427).
Also rendered
to dwell
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 922)
Range of meaning (TWOT 922)sit, remain, dwell; sit down, be set, stay, tarry, have one’s abode, abide, seated in its place, be inhabited; cause to sit, cause to abide, cause to dwell, cause, to be inhabited, marry, give a dwelling; settle; abideing…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
יָשַׁבverb: sit, remain, dwell
Qal
1.
a.sit
b.sit, sit down
c.sit down
d.sit = be set (as a jewel)
2.
a.remain, stay, tarry
b.with special emphasis of qualifying phrase
3.dwell, have one’s abode
4.of a land or city, sit, abide, seated in its place, figuratively for be inhabited
Niphalbe inhabited, of land
Hiphil
1.cause to sit
2.cause to abide
3.
a.cause to dwell
b.cause cities to be inhabited
4.marry (properly give a dwelling to)
Strong's H3427יָשַׁב: properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry KJV:(make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, × fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, × marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
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.