Aramaic word · H3321

יְצַב

leyatzava'

to know

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears once in the Aramaic of the Old Testament.

What it means

(Pael) to make stand, make certain, gain certainty, know the truth, be certain

Aramaic of ya.tsav (יָצַב "to stand" H3320)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Daniel · 1

  1. Daniel 7:19 לְיַצָּבָ֔א to make certain

    Then I wanted to know the true meaning of the fourth beast, which was different from all the others—extremely terrifying—devouring and crushing with iron teeth and bronze claws, then trampling underfoot whatever was left.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.