Yatsaʻ — H3331

Definition

verb

to strew as a surface

1. to spread out, make a bed
1. (Hiphil) to lay, spread out
2. (Hophal) to be laid, be spread out

Usually translated as

spread, bed, make, lie

Origin

a primitive root

Occurrences

Yatsaʻ occurs 4 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Esther (1), Psalms (1), Isaiah (2)

• Esther 4:3 — And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay (יֻצַּ֖ע) in sackcloth and ashes.
• Psalms 139:8 — If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed (וְאַצִּ֖יעָה) in hell, behold, thou art there.
• Isaiah 14:11 — Thy pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of thy viols: the worm is spread (יֻצַּ֣ע) under thee, and the worms cover thee.
• Isaiah 58:5 — Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread (יַצִּ֔יעַ) sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to the LORD?