יָרַשׁ 229 verb take possession of, inherit, dispossess (MI
7 וירש take possession of; Aramaic 
יְרֵית, 

, 
take possession of, and 
be heir to, inherit; so Ethiopic 

 Arabic 
 inherit
 inherit; see also Sabean 
ורתֿ inherit, CIS
iv, 37, 3), especially D (
62 times Qal, + 
1 times Pi, + 
7 times Hiph. in Deuteronomy + 
13 times D in Joshua); — 
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular יָרַשׁ Jeremiah 49:1; 
וְיָרַשׁ consecutive 
Jeremiah 49:2; 
Numbers 27:11; 
2nd person masculine singular יָרָ֑שְׁתָּ 1 Kings 21:19; 
וְיָרַשְׁתָּ֫ Deuteronomy 6:18 + 
2 times; suffix 
וִירִשְׁתָּהּ consecutive 
Deuteronomy 17:14 + 
2 times on this and kindred forms see Kö
i. 406, 411); 
וִירִשְׁתָּם consecutive 
Deuteronomy 19:1; 
Deuteronomy 31:3; 
3rd person plural יָֽֽֽרְשׁוּ Deuteronomy 3:20 +; suffix 
וִיִרֵשׁוּךָ consecutive 
Ezekiel 36:12 (Kö
l.c.); 
וִירֵשׁוּהָ consecutive 
Isaiah 34:11 + 
3 times; 
2nd person masculine plural וִירִשְׁתֶּם consecutive 
Deuteronomy 4:1 + 
7 times; 
1st person plural יָרַשְׁנוּ Deuteronomy 3:12, etc.; 
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִירַשׁ Genesis 21:10; 
Psalm 25:13; 
2nd person masculine plural תִּירְשׁוּ Leviticus 20:24; 
1 Chronicles 28:8; 
תִּירָ֑שׁוּ Ezekiel 33:25, 
26; 
תִּירָשׁ֑וּן Deuteronomy 5:30, etc.; 
Imperative masculine singular 
יְרָ֑שָׁה Deuteronomy 33:23; 
רֵשׁ Deuteronomy 1:21; 
1 Kings 21:15; 
רָ֑שׁ Deuteronomy 2:24, 
31; 
masculine plural וּרְשׁוּ Deuteronomy 1:8; 
Deuteronomy 9:23; 
Infinitive construct לָרֶ֫שֶׁת Deuteronomy 2:31 + 
17 times; 
לָרָ֑שֶׁת Nehemiah 9:23; suffix 
לְרִשְׁתְּךָ Genesis 28:4; 
לְרִשְׁתּוֺ 1 Kings 21:16, 
18; 
לְרִשְׁתָּהּ Genesis 15:7 + 
28 times; 
Participle יוֺרֵשׁ Genesis 15:3 + 
6 times; plural 
י(וֺ)רְשִׁים Deuteronomy 12:2; 
Jeremiah 8:10; suffix 
יֹרְשָׁיו Jeremiah 49:2; — 
    1. take possession of, especially by force, have as a possession, often with collateral idea of taking in place of others, succeeding to, inheriting (compare 2):
    a. land, followed by accusative 
Genesis 15:7, 
8; 
Numbers 13:30; 
Numbers 21:24, 
35; 
Joshua 18:13 (all J E), 
Joshua 24:4, 
8 (E), 
Judges 2:6; 
Judges 11:21, 
22, 
23, 
24 (twice in verse); 
Judges 18:9; 
Deuteronomy 1:8, 
21, 
39 + 
25 times Deuteronomy, + 
Deuteronomy 11:31; 
Deuteronomy 17:14; 
Deuteronomy 26:1 (all 
possess land 
and dwell therein), similarly 
Isaiah 65:9 (twice in verse); 
Psalm 69:36; 
בְּאַרְצַם מִשְׁנֶה יִירָ֑שׁוּ Isaiah 61:7 in their land they shall possess the double; 
הָחֵל רָשׁ Deuteronomy 2:24; 
הָחֵל רָשׁ לָרֶשֶׁת אֶתאַֿרְצוֺ Deuteronomy 2:31; especially phrase (
הארץ) 
שָׁמָּה לְרִשְׁתָּהּ (etc. 
עֹבְרִים) 
אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם בָּאִים Deuteronomy 4:5, 
14, 
26 + 
12 times Deuteronomy; also 
Ezra 9:10; see 
Deuteronomy 30:18; 
Joshua 1:11 (twice in verse); 
Joshua 1:15 (twice in verse); 
Joshua 12:1; 
Joshua 13:1; 
Joshua 21:41; 
Joshua 23:5 (all D); 
Amos 2:10; 
Obadiah 19 (twice in verse), 
Habakkuk 1:6; 
Ezekiel 33:24, 
25, 
26; 
Leviticus 20:24 (twice in verse) (H), 
Genesis 28:4; 
Numbers 33:53 (both P), 
1 Chronicles 28:8; 
Nehemiah 9:15, 
22, 
23, 
24; 
Psalm 25:13; 
Psalm 37:9; 
Psalm 37:11; 
Psalm 37:22; 
Psalm 37:29; 
Psalm 37:34; + 
ב instrumental 
Psalm 44:4; also 
וַעֲמַל לְאֻמִּים יִירָ֑שׁוּ Psalm 105:44 (|| 
וִיִּתֵּן לָהֶם אַרְצוֺת גּוֺיִם); † 
take possession of fields 
Jeremiah 8:10 (object not expressed), 
1 Kings 21:15, 
16, 
18, 
19; 
Psalm 83:13; inheritance (in land) 
Numbers 27:11; 
Numbers 36:8 (twice in verse) (all P); city (cities), 
Joshua 19:47 (JE), 
Judges 3:13; 
Obadiah 20; so 
הַרקָֿדְשִׁי Isaiah 57:13 (|| 
נחל ארץ), 
Isaiah 63:18 where read probably 
הַרֿ קָדְשֶׁ֑ךְ (for MT 
עַםקֿ׳, see 

 VB and || clause); 
possess city and dwell therein 
2 Kings 17:24; 
Isaiah 34:17, 
11 yea the pelican and bittern shall 
possess it; so of nettles 
Hosea 9:6; 
וְיִרַשׁ זַרְעֲךָ אֵת שַׁעַר אֹיְבָיו Genesis 22:17, compare 
Genesis 24:60 (both J); 
possess houses 
Ezekiel 7:24 (strike out Co), 
Nehemiah 9:25; 
יוֺרֵשׁ עֶצֶר Judges 18:7 possessing wealth (? see VB).
 
    †b. a 
people (with collateral idea of 
being their heir (
2), and so 
dispossessing them.), so especially in 
Deuteronomy 2:12, 
21, 
22; 
Deuteronomy 9:1 (+ cities), 
Deuteronomy 11:23; 
Deuteronomy 12:2, 
29, 
29; 
Deuteronomy 18:14; 
Deuteronomy 19:1; 
Deuteronomy 31:3; 
Numbers 21:32 (Kt 
וַיִּירַשׁ; J E), 
Amos 9:12; 
מַדּוּעַ יָרַשׁ מִלְכֹּם אֶתֿ גָּ֑ד Jeremiah 49:1 (on text see VB), 
Jeremiah 49:2; 
Jeremiah 49:2 (in these 3 perhaps play on meaning 
inherit, compare 
Jeremiah 49:1a); 
Ezekiel 36:12; 
Obadiah 17; 
Isaiah 54:3; nations + countries 
Ezekiel 35:10.
 
    2. inherit, followed by accusative of person = 
be one's heir Genesis 15:3, 
4 (twice in verse) (JE); 
שִׁפְחָה כִּיתִֿירַשׁ גְּבִרְתָּהּ Proverbs 30:23 (or, 
dispossess?); absolute 
be heir, followed by 
עִם person = jointly with 
Proverbs 21:10 (E); 
(הַ)יּוֺרֵשׁ (
the) 
heir 2 Samuel 14:7; 
Jeremiah 49:1 (|| 
בָּנִים); 
Micah 1:15 (= possessor, captor), where paronom. with proper name, of a location 
מָרֵשָׁה; 
inherit persons, as slaves 
לָרֶשֶׁת אֲחֻזָּה Leviticus 25:46 (H).
 
    †3. = 
impoverish, 
הַלְיָרְשֵׁנוּ קְרָאתֶם Judges 14:15 to impoverish us did ye call (us)?
 
†Niph. Imperfect יִוָּרֵשׁ Proverbs 23:21; 
2nd person masculine singular תִּוָּרֵשׁ Genesis 45:11; 
Proverbs 20:13; 
אִוָּרֵשׁ Proverbs 30:9; — 
be (
dispossessed =) 
impoverished, come to poverty Genesis 45:11 (E), 
Proverbs 20:13; 
Proverbs 23:21; 
Proverbs 30:9 (opposed to 
אֶשְׂבַּע). 
†Pi. Imperfect הַצְּלָצַֽל יְיָרֵשׁ אַדְמָתֶ֑ךָ פְּרִי Deuteronomy 28:42 the fruit of thy ground shall the cricket get full possession of (compare Qal 
Hosea 9:6; 
Isaiah 34:11), i.e. 
devour. 
†Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הוֺרִישׁ Judges 1:27 +; 
2nd person masculine singular הוֺרַשְׁתָּ 2 Chronicles 20:7; 
Psalm 44:3, etc.; 
Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יוֺרִישׁ Joshua 3:10; 
וִיּ֫(וֺ)רֶשׁ Judges 1:19 +; 
3rd person feminine singular suffix 
3rd person masculine plural תּוֺרִישֵׁמוּ Exodus 15:9, etc.; 
Infinitive absolute הוֺרֵשׁ Joshua 3:10; 
Joshua 17:13; 
הוֺרֵישׁ Judges 1:28; construct 
לְהוֺרִישׁ Deuteronomy 4:38 +, etc.; 
Participle מוֺרִישׁ 1 Samuel 2:7; 
Deuteronomy 18:12; suffix 
מוֺרִישָׁם Deuteronomy 9:4, 
5; — 
    1. cause to possess, or 
inherit Judges 11:24; 
מִיְּרֻשָּֽׁתְךָ אֲשֶׁר הוֺרַשְׁתָּנוּ 2 Chronicles 20:11; followed by 
ל person, 
וְהוֺרַשְׁתֶּם לִבְנֵיכֶם Ezra 9:12 and cause your sons to inherit (it); figurative 
תּוֺרִישֵׁנִי עֲוֺנוֺת נְעוּרָ֑י Job 13:26 thou makest me to inherit (the consequences of) 
the iniquities of my youth.
 
    2. cause (others) to possess or inherit, then generally dispossess:
    a. followed by accusative of a people or person, 
Joshua 13:13; 
Joshua 16:10 (both J E), 
Judges 1:29, 
30, 
31, 
32, 
33 (all opposed to 
ישׁב בְּקֶרֶב), 
Joshua 14:12 (JE), 
Joshua 17:13 (J E; 
הוֺרֵשׁ לֹא הוֺרִישׁוֺ), 
Judges 1:28 (
id.); opposed to 
ישׁב אֵת Joshua 15:63; opposed to 
ישׁב בְּ Judges 1:21, 
27; also 
Numbers 21:32 Qr, 
Numbers 32:39; 
Joshua 17:18 (all J E), 
Joshua 13:12 (D), 
Judges 1:19b; 
Judges 2:23; also 
וַיֹּרֶשׁאֶתהָֿהָר Judges 1:19a (= 
אתיֿושׁבי ההר see V
b), 
Deuteronomy 7:17; 
Psalm 44:3; 
וְהוֺרַשְׁתָּם וְהֵאֲבַדְתָּם Deuteronomy 9:3; followed by accusative. + 
מִמְּנֵי Exodus 34:24; 
Numbers 32:21; 
Joshua 3:10 (
הוֺרֵשׁ יוֺרִישׁ; all these J E), 
Deuteronomy 4:38; 
Deuteronomy 9:4, 
5; 
Deuteronomy 18:12; 
Joshua 13:6; 
Joshua 23:9 (both D), 
Numbers 33:52, 
55 (both P), 
Judges 2:21; 
Judges 11:23, 
24; 
1 Kings 14:24; 
1 Kings 21:26; 
2 Kings 16:3; 
2 Kings 17:8; 
2 Kings 21:2 (all D), 
2 Chronicles 28:3; 
33:2; accusative. + 
מִלִּפְנֵי Deuteronomy 11:23; 
Joshua 23:5, 
13 (D; || 
הָדַף), 
2 Chronicles 20:7; accusative. + 
מִשָּׁם Joshua 15:14 (JE) = 
Judges 1:20; of 
cities (i.e. their inhabitants) 
Joshua 8:7; 
Joshua 17:12; so of a 
land = 
Numbers 33:53 (P), see 
Numbers 33:52; 
Numbers 33:55 [

 + 
יושׁבי].
 
    b. followed by accusative of thing, 
מִבִּטְנוֺ יֹרִשֶׁנּוּ אֵל Job 20:15 God shall cast them out of his belly, i.e. riches (|| 
חַיִל בָּלַע וַיְקִאֶנּוּ).
 
    4. nearly = 
bring to ruin, destroy, followed by accusative of a people 
אָרִיק חַרְבִּי תּוֺרִישֵׁמוֺ יָדִי Exodus 15:9 (poem in E); so perhaps also 
Numbers 14:12 (J E; AV 
disinherit; || 
אַכֶּנּוּ בַּדֶּבֶר).
 
    5. = 
Qal take possession of a land 
Numbers 14:24 (JE), but read probably 
יִרָשֶׁנָּה.
 
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