Strong's Definition
or yaresh {yaw-raysh'}; a primitive root; 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 Usage: cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, X 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, X utterly
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
יָרַשׁ (ya.rash) — to possess: possess. : possess/inherit 1) to seize, dispossess, take possession off, inherit, disinherit, occupy, impoverish, be an heir 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take possession of 1a2) to inherit 1a3) to impoverish, come to poverty, be poor 1b) (Niphal) to be dispossessed, be impoverished, come to poverty 1c) (Piel) to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to possess or inherit 1d2) to cause others to possess or inherit 1d3) to impoverish 1d4) to dispossess 1d5) to destroy, bring to ruin, disinherit
יָרַשׁ (ya.rash) — to possess: take. : take/conquer/drive_out 1) to seize, dispossess, take possession off, inherit, disinherit, occupy, impoverish, be an heir 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take possession of 1a2) to inherit 1a3) to impoverish, come to poverty, be poor 1b) (Niphal) to be dispossessed, be impoverished, come to poverty 1c) (Piel) to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to possess or inherit 1d2) to cause others to possess or inherit 1d3) to impoverish 1d4) to dispossess 1d5) to destroy, bring to ruin, disinherit
יָרַשׁ (ya.rash) — to possess: poor. : poor/conquered 1) to seize, dispossess, take possession off, inherit, disinherit, occupy, impoverish, be an heir 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to take possession of 1a2) to inherit 1a3) to impoverish, come to poverty, be poor 1b) (Niphal) to be dispossessed, be impoverished, come to poverty 1c) (Piel) to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to possess or inherit 1d2) to cause others to possess or inherit 1d3) to impoverish 1d4) to dispossess 1d5) to destroy, bring to ruin, disinherit
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · יְרֵשָׁה · יְרֻשָּׁה · מֹורָשׁ · מֹורָשָׁה · רֶשֶׁת · תִּירֹושׁ
Possess | verb qal
to inherit, to possess, to be (someone's) heir = process by which humans gain ownership of land and other possessions, which often implies that these possessions will be passed on to the next generation
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Possess | verb qal
heir = someone who is entitled to gain ownership of land and other possessions
Possess | verb qal, verb pi, verb hif
to take possession = action by which humans take ownership of land and other possessions
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Possess | verb hif
to bequeath = causative action by which humans transfer the ownership of land and other possessions to the next generation
Non-Possess | verb nif
to become poor = process by which humans lose their possessions and become poor
Non-Possess | Move | verb qal, verb hif, verb nif
to dispossess, to make poor = causative action by which humans or deities take over the ownership of land from other humans, which usually implies that the former owners are driven away
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Bear | verb hif
to make (someone) inherit (sins), to hold responsible = causative action by which deities hold humans responsible for certain behavior of the past, ◄ as if making them to inherit that behavior from another time and era
1 JDG 18:7 NJPS "hereditary (ruler)" | RSV NRSV "possessing (wealth)" 2 NUM 21:32 MT-K יירשׁ | MT-Q יֹורֶשׁ
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
יָרַשׁ 229 vb. take possession of, inherit, dispossess Qal take possession of, esp. bu force, have as a possession, often with collat. idea of taking in place of others, succeeding to, inheriting
inherit, sq. acc. pers. = be one's heir
= impoverish
Niph. be (dispossessed =) impoverished, come to poverty
Pi. the fruit of thy ground shall the cricket get full possession
Hiph. cause to possess or inherit
cause (others) to possess or inherit, then gen. dispossess
= impoverish
nearly = bring to ruin, destroy
take possession of a land
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