יַצַע

yatsa · spread out

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3331 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

yatsa (יַצַע) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “spread out”.

To spread, to lay something out on the ground to lie on it.

How to say it

ya·tsa

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Lay something flat to lie on.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • spread out ×3
  • if I make my bed ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Esther 4:3

    And in every province, in the place where the word of the king and his law reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting and weeping and lamenting; sackcloth and ashes were spread out for many.

  • Psalms 139:8

    If I go up to the heavens, there you are; and if I make my bed in Sheol, look, you are there.

  • Isaiah 14:11

    Your pride has been brought down to Sheol, the noise of your harps; beneath you worms are spread out, and grubs are your covering.

  • Isaiah 58:5

    Will the fast that I choose be like this: a day for a human being to humble his soul? Is it to bow down his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day of favor to YHWH?