- Original: נשׁת - Transliteration: Nashath - Phonetic: naw-shath' - Definition: 1. to be dry, be parched a. (Qal) to be dry, be parched b. (Niphal) to be dried up - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1438 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; properly to eliminate that is (intransitively) to dry up: - fail. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • fail, 1 Isaiah 19:5 • failed, 1 Jeremiah 51:30 • faileth, 1 Isaiah 41:17