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Lexicon :: Strong's H3240 - yānaḥ

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יָנַח
Transliteration
yānaḥ
Pronunciation
yaw-nakh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1323

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: ינח.

Strong’s Definitions

יָנַח yânach, yaw-nakh'; a primitive root; to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay:—bestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any distinction of the kind is to be made, these should rather be referred to 5117, and the others here.)

KJV Translation Count — Total: 75x

The KJV translates Strong's H3240 in the following manner: leave (24x), up (10x), lay (8x), suffer (5x), place (4x), put (4x), set (4x), ...down (4x), let alone (4x), ...him (2x), bestowed (1x), leave off (1x), pacifieth (1x), still (1x), withdraw (1x), withhold (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 75x
The KJV translates Strong's H3240 in the following manner: leave (24x), up (10x), lay (8x), suffer (5x), place (4x), put (4x), set (4x), ...down (4x), let alone (4x), ...him (2x), bestowed (1x), leave off (1x), pacifieth (1x), still (1x), withdraw (1x), withhold (1x).

  1. to rest

    1. (Qal)

      1. to rest, settle down and remain

      2. to repose, have rest, be quiet

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause to rest, give rest to, make quiet

      2. to cause to rest, cause to alight, set down

      3. to lay or set down, deposit, let lie, place

      4. to let remain, leave

      5. to leave, depart from

      6. to abandon

      7. to permit

    3. (Hophal)

      1. to obtain rest, be granted rest

      2. to be left, be placed

      3. open space (subst)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָנַח yânach, yaw-nakh'; a primitive root; to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay:—bestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any distinction of the kind is to be made, these should rather be referred to 5117, and the others here.)
STRONGS H3240: Abbreviations
יָנַח verb rest
(Hiph. cont.)
B. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִנִּיחַ Judges 3:1 +, הִנִּחַ 1 Kings 8:9, suffix וְהִנִּיחוֺ Deuteronomy 26:4, וְהִנִּיחָם Leviticus 16:23 both consecutive; 2rd person masculine singular וְהִנַּחְתָּ֫ Deuteronomy 14:28, suffix וְהִנַּחְתּוֺ Deuteronomy 26:10 consecutive, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַנִּיחַ Leviticus 7:15, וַיַּנַּח Judges 2:23 +, suffix וַיַּנִּיחֵהוּ Exodus 16:34; 3rd person feminine singular וַתַּנַּח Genesis 39:16; 2rd person masculinesingular jussive אַלתַּֿנַּח Ecclesiastes 7:18 2 times, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַנַּח Hosea 4:7 2 times , הַנִּ֫יחָה Exodus 32:10; Judges 16:26, etc.; Infinitive construct suffix לְהַנִּיחוֺ Numbers 32:15, לְהַנִּיחָם Esther 3:8; Participle מַנִּיחַ Ecclesiastes 5:11; —
1. lay or set down, deposit, let lie, with accusative of thing, usually + word of place: stones at ford of Jordan Joshua 4:3, Joshua 4:8 (JE), ark 1 Samuel 6:18, garments Genesis 39:16 (J), Leviticus 16:23 (P), Ezekiel 42:14; Ezekiel 44:19; compare Exodus 16:23, Exodus 16:24, Exodus 16:33, Exodus 16:34; Numbers 17:19 [Numbers 17:4]; Numbers 17:22 [Numbers 17:7] (all P), Deuteronomy 26:4, Deuteronomy 26:10; 1 Kings 8:9; 1 Kings 13:31; Ezekiel 40:42; Ezekiel 42:13; so, accusative omitted, Judges 6:18, Judges 6:20; Deuteronomy 14:28; Numbers 19:9 (P), 1 Samuel 10:25; place, put, followed by accusative of person + local modification, Genesis 2:15 (J), Genesis 19:16 (J), Joshua 6:23 (JE), Leviticus 24:12; Numbers 15:34 (both P), Isaiah 14:1; Isaiah 46:7; Ezekiel 37:14; probably also Zechariah 5:11 (read וְהִנִּיחֻהָ, see Ges§ 72ee); read וַיַּנִּיחֵם also [H5148 2 Kings 18:11] (Greek Version of the LXX ἔθετο; for MT וַיַּנְחֵם; compare וַיּשֶׁב אוֺתָם || [H3427 2 Kings 17:6]); place corpse on (אֶלֿ ) ass 1 Kings 13:29, in grave 1 Kings 13:30; horsemen and chariots in cities 2 Chronicles 1:14; 2 Chronicles 9:25, so read also || [H5148 1 Kings 10:26] (Greek Version of the LXX ἔθετο; for MT וַיַּנְחֵם); tables in temple 2 Chronicles 4:8; idols in shrines 2 Kings 17:29 (accusative omitted). Here belongs perhaps also וְגַם מִזֶּה אַלתַּֿנַּח אֶתיָֿדֶ֑ךָ Ecclesiastes 7:18 and also from this do not lest thy hand lie (idle), i.e. engage in it, compare Ecclesiastes 11:6; lay down forcibly, thrust down הִנִּיחַ לָאָרֶץ בְּיָד֑ Isaiah 28:2, compare Amos 5:7; perhaps also Ezekiel 22:20 (absolute; but strike out Co Berthol, after Greek Version of the LXX).
2. let remain, leave (in present condition), object nations Judges 2:23; Judges 3:1; Jeremiah 27:11, people in wilderness Numbers 32:15 (JE); וְהִנִּיחוּךְ עֵירֹם וְעֶרְיָה Ezekiel 16:39; followed by accusative of thing Leviticus 7:15; 1 Kings 7:47 (leave unweighed); leave behind followed by accusative of person Genesis 42:33 (E), 2 Samuel 16:21; 2 Samuel 20:3; 1 Kings 19:3; Jeremiah 43:6; + אֶתמְּֿנֵי [H5148 1 Samuel 22:4] (read וַיַּנִּחֵם, for MT וַיַּנְחֵם, and he left them with Syriac Version Targum Vulgate We Dr Klo Bu Löhr HPS; leave name, for a curse Isaiah 65:15; leave or bequeath to (ל), with accusative of thing, Psalm 17:14; Ecclesiastes 2:18.
3. leave = depart from, מְקוֺמְךָ אַלתַּֿנַּח Ecclesiastes 10:4 do not leave thy place.
4. abandon, followed by accusative of person Jeremiah 14:9; בַּלתַּֿנִּיחֵנִי לְעשְׁקַ֑י Psalm 119:121 abandon me not to my oppressors.
5. let alone (refrain from interfering with), followed by ל person Exodus 32:10 (J E; object י׳ ), Hosea 4:17; 2 Samuel 16:11; 2 Kings 23:18; followed by accusative of person Esther 3:8; = avoid יַנִּיחַ חֲטָאִים גְּדוֺלִים Ecclesiastes 10:4 (but read perhaps יָנִיחַ, causeth to rest = allayeth compare Wild).
6. permit, with accusative of person Judges 16:26; + infinitive לֹא הִנִּיחַ אָדָם לְעָשְׁקָם Psalm 105:14 = 1 Chronicles 16:21, but here הִנִּיחַ לְאִישׁ, compare מַנִּיחַ לוֺ לִישׁוֺן Ecclesiastes 5:11 [Ecclesiastes 5:12].
Hoph.
A. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הוּנַּחלָֿ֑נוּ [H5117 Lamentations 5:5] i.e.no rest is granted to us; for 3rd person feminine singular וְהֻנִ֫יחָה Zechariah 5:11 [so Baer Ginsb; van d. H. והֻנּ׳] read probably וְהִנִּיחֻהָ see above Hiph. B. 1.
B. Participle מֻנָּ֔ח as substantive = space left, open space Ezekiel 41:9, Ezekiel 41:11 (twice in verse).

See top section of this BDB entry H5117.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:15; 19:16; 39:16; 39:16; 42:33

Exodus

16:23; 16:24; 16:33; 16:34; 16:34; 32:10; 32:10

Leviticus

7:15; 7:15; 16:23; 16:23; 24:12

Numbers

15:34; 17:4; 17:7; 19:9; 32:15; 32:15

Deuteronomy

14:28; 14:28; 26:4; 26:4; 26:10; 26:10

Joshua

4:3; 4:8; 6:23

Judges

2:23; 2:23; 3:1; 3:1; 6:18; 6:20; 16:26; 16:26

1 Samuel

6:18; 10:25

2 Samuel

16:11; 16:21; 20:3

1 Kings

7:47; 8:9; 8:9; 13:29; 13:30; 13:31; 19:3

2 Kings

17:29; 23:18

1 Chronicles

16:21

2 Chronicles

1:14; 4:8; 9:25

Esther

3:8; 3:8

Psalms

17:14; 105:14; 119:121

Ecclesiastes

2:18; 5:11; 5:11; 5:12; 7:18; 7:18; 10:4; 10:4; 11:6

Isaiah

14:1; 28:2; 46:7; 65:15

Jeremiah

14:9; 27:11; 43:6

Ezekiel

16:39; 22:20; 37:14; 40:42; 41:9; 41:11; 42:13; 42:14; 44:19

Hosea

4:7; 4:17

Amos

5:7

Zechariah

5:11; 5:11

H3240

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3240 matches the Hebrew יָנַח (yānaḥ),
which occurs 75 times in 73 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:15 - And the Lord God took the man whom he had formed, and placed him in the garden of Delight, to cultivate and keep it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:16 - And they were troubled, and the angels laid hold on his hand, and the hand of his wife, and the hands of his two daughters, in that the Lord spared him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:16 - So she leaves the clothes by her, until the master came to his house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:33 - And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, Herein shall I know that ye are peaceable; leave one brother here with me, and having taken the corn ye have purchased for your family, depart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:23 - And Moses said to them, Is not this the word which the Lord spoke? To-morrow is the sabbath, a holy rest to the Lord: bake that ye will bake, and seethe that ye will seethe, and all that is over leave to be laid by for the morrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:24 - And they left of it till the morning, as Moses commanded them; and it stank not, neither was there a worm in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:33 - And Moses said to Aaron, Take a golden pot, and cast into it one full homer of manna; and thou shalt lay it up before God, to be kept for your generations,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:34 - as the Lord commanded Moses: and Aaron laid it up before the testimony to be kept.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:10 - And now let me alone, and I will be very angry with them and consume them, and I will make thee a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:15 - And the flesh of the sacrifice of the peace-offering of praise shall be his, and it shall be eaten in the day in which it is offered: they shall not leave of it till the morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:23 - And Aaron shall enter into the tabernacle of witness, and shall put off the linen garment, which he had put on, as he entered into the holy place, and shall lay it by there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:12 - And they put him in ward, to judge him by the command of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:34 - And they placed him in custody, for they did not determine what they should do to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:4 - (LXX 17:19) And thou shalt put them in the tabernacle of witness, before the testimony, where I will be made known to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:7 - (LXX 17:22) And Moses laid up the rods before the Lord in the tabernacle of witness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:9 - And a clean man shall gather up the ashes of the heifer, and lay them up in a clean place outside the camp; and they shall be for the congregation of the children of Israel to keep: it is the water of sprinkling, a purification.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:15 - For ye will turn away from him to desert him yet once more in the wilderness, and ye will sin against this whole congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:28 - After three years thou shalt bring out all the tithes of thy fruits, in that year thou shalt lay it up in thy cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:4 - And the priest shall take the basket out of thine hands, and shall set it before the altar of the Lord thy God:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:10 - And now, behold, I have brought the first of the fruits of the land, which thou gavest me, O Lord, a land flowing with milk and honey: and thou shalt leave it before the Lord thy God, and thou shalt worship before the Lord thy God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:3 - and charge them; and ye shall take out of the midst of Jordan twelve [fn]fit stones, and having carried them across together with yourselves, place them in your camp, where ye shall encamp for the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:8 - And the children of Israel did so, as the Lord commanded Joshua; and they took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, (as the Lord commanded Joshua, when the children of Israel had completely passed over,) and carried these stones with them into the camp, and laid them down there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - And the two young men who had spied out the city entered into the house of the woman, and brought out Raab the harlot, and her father, and her mother, and her brethren, and her kindred, and all that she had; and they set her without the camp of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:23 - So the Lord [fn]will leave these nations, so as not to cast them out suddenly; and he delivered them not into the hand of Joshua.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:1 - And these are the nations which the Lord left to prove Israel with them, all that had not known the wars of Chanaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:18 - depart not hence until I come to thee, and I will bring forth an offering and offer it before thee: and he said, I will remain until thou return.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:20 - And the angel of God said to him, Take the flesh and the unleavened cakes, and put them on that rock, and pour out the broth close by: and he did so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:26 - And Sampson said to the young man that held his hand, Suffer me to feel the pillars on which the house rests, and I will stay myself upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18 - And the golden mice according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines, belonging to the five lords, from the fenced city to the village of the Pherezite, and to the great stone, on which they placed the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that was in the field of Osee the Bæthsamysite.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:25 - And Samuel told to the people the manner of the king, and wrote it in a book, and set it before the Lord: and Samuel sent away all the people, and each went to his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:11 - And David said to Abessa and to all his servants, Behold, my son who came forth out of my bowels seeks my life; still more now may the son of Benjamin: let him curse, because the Lord has told him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:21 - And Achitophel said to Abessalom, Go in to thy father's concubines, whom he left to keep his house; and all Israel shall hear that thou hast dishonoured thy father; and the hands of all that are with thee shall be strengthened.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 - And David went into his house at Jerusalem: and the king took the ten women his concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and he put them in a place of custody, and maintained them, and went not in to them; and they were kept living as widows, till the day of their death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:47 - (LXX 7:32) There was no [fn]reckoning of the brass of which he made all these works, from the very great abundance, there was no end of the [fn]weight of the brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:9 - There was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which Moses put there in Choreb, which tables the Lord made as a covenant with the children of Israel in their going forth from the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:29 - And the prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it on his ass; and the prophet brought him back to his city, to bury him in his own tomb,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:30 - and they bewailed him, saying, Alas, brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:31 - And it came to pass after he had lamented him, that he spoke to his sons, saying, [fn]Whenever I die, bury me in this tomb wherein the man of God is buried; lay me by his bones, that my bones may be preserved with his bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:3 - And Eliu feared, and rose, and departed for his life: and he comes to Bersabee to the land of Juda, and he left his servant there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:29 - But the nations made each their own gods, and put them in the house of the high places which the Samaritans had made, each nation in the cities in which they dwelt.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:18 - And he said, Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones. So his bones were [fn]spared, together with the bones of the prophet that came out of Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:21 - He suffered not a man to oppress them, and he reproved kings for their sakes,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:14 - And Solomon collected chariots and horsemen: and he had fourteen hundred chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen: and he set them in the cities of chariots, and the people were with the king in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:8 - And he made ten tables, and put them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left: and he made a hundred golden bowls.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:25 - And Solomon had four thousand mares for chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen; and he put them in the chariot cities, and with the king in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - And he spoke to king Artaxerxes, saying, There is a nation scattered among the nations in all thy kingdom, and their laws differ from those of all the other nations; and they disobey the laws of the king; and it is not expedient for the king to let them alone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 17:14 - (LXX 16:14) because of the enemies of thine hand: O Lord, destroy them from the earth; scatter them in their life, though their belly has been filled with thy hidden treasures: they have been satisfied with [fn]uncleanness, and have left the remnant of their possessions to their babes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:14 - (LXX 104:14) He suffered no man to wrong them; and he rebuked kings for their sakes:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:121 - (LXX 118:121) I have done judgment and justice; deliver me not up to them that injure me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18 - And I hated the whole of my labour which I took under the sun; because I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

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