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H3445 יֶשַׁח (yeshach) yeh'-shakh
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from an unused root meaning to gape (as the empty stomach); hunger

KJV Usage: casting down

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

יֶ֫שַׁח (ye.shach) — emptiness. a sinking feeling, emptiness

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m

Hunger

emptiness meaning unsure; possibly: = state in which the human stomach is empty

MIC 6:14

1 MIC 6:14 The meaning of the phrase וְיֶשְׁחֲךָ בְּקִרְבֶּךָ is highly uncertain; among the suggestions are: RSV "and there shall be hunger in your inward parts" | NIV "your stomach will still be empty" | NJPS "And there is a gnawing at your vitals" | REB "your food will lie heavy in your stomach" | other meanings suggested for יֶשַׁח are "filth" (HALOT), "dysentery" or "faeces" or "semen" (DCH)

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[יֶ֫שַׁח] n.[m.] ? emptiness (of hunger), meaning conjectured from text; Mi 6:14 ref

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