ya.vesh describes physical dryness in bones, vegetation, and produce, and figuratively a depleted soul or a dry tree.

The attested uses chiefly describe things lacking moisture or freshness, including bones, trees or plant material, stubble, and grapes. Two verses extend the description to a person's stated condition or self-image: a dry soul and a dry tree.

1. Physical dryness in bones, plants, and produce · dominant

   The adjective describes very dry bones in Ezekiel 37:2 and addresses them as dry bones in Ezekiel 37:4. In Job 13:25 and Nahum 1:10, the APB renders the clauses with dry stubble; Ezekiel 17:24 contrasts a green tree with a dry tree, and Numbers 6:3 includes dried grapes.

   Ezekiel 37:2Ezekiel 37:4Job 13:25Nahum 1:10Ezekiel 17:24Numbers 6:3
2. Figurative condition of deprivation · occasional

   In Numbers 11:6, the feminine singular adjective occurs in the complaint that the soul is dry while only manna is before their eyes. In Isaiah 56:3, the masculine singular form appears in the eunuch's self-description, rendered by the APB as “I am a dry tree.”

   Numbers 11:6Isaiah 56:3

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term with “dry,” including dry bones, stubble, a tree, and a soul, while Numbers 6:3 has “dried grapes.” These renderings confirm the clauses' presentation rather than provide a separate lexical definition.