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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 BoxEcc 5:12 - The sleep H8142 of the working H5647 man is pleasant, H4966 whether H518 he eats H398 little H4592 or much; H7235 but the [fn]full H7647 stomach H7647 of the rich H6223 man H6223 does not allow H5117 him to sleep. H3462

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:18 - It is good H2896 that you grasp H270 one H2088 thing H2088 and also H1571 not [fn]let H5117 H3027 go H5117 H3027 of the other; H2088 for the one who fears H3372 God H430 comes H3318 forth H3318 with [fn]both H3605 of them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:4 - If H518 the ruler’s H4910 [fn]temper H7307 rises H5927 against H5921 you, do not abandon H5117 your position, H4725 because H3588 composure H4832 allays H5117 great H1419 offenses. H2399

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:6 - Sow H2232 your seed H2233 in the morning H1242 and do not [fn]be idle H5117 H3027 in the evening, H6153 for you do not know H3045 whether H335 [fn]morning H2088 or H176 evening sowing will succeed, H3787 or whether H518 both H8147 of them alike H259 will be good. H2896

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:1 - When H3588 the LORD H3068 will have H7355 compassion H7355 on Jacob H3290 and again H5750 choose H977 Israel, H3478 and settle H5117 them in their own land, H127 then strangers H1616 will join H3867 them and attach H5596 themselves to the house H1004 of Jacob. H3290

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:2 - Behold, H2009 the Lord H136 has a strong H2389 and mighty H533 agent;
As a storm H2230 of hail, H1259 a tempest H8178 of destruction, H6986
Like a storm H2230 of mighty H3524 overflowing H7857 waters, H4325
He has cast H5117 it down H5117 to the earth H776 with His hand. H3027

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:7 - “They lift H5375 it upon the shoulder H3802 and carry H5445 it;
They set H5117 it in its place H8478 and it stands H5975 there.
It does not move H4185 from its place. H4725
Though H637 one may cry H6817 to it, it cannot H3808 answer; H6030
It cannot H3808 deliver H3467 him from his distress. H6869

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:15 - “You will leave H5117 your name H8034 for a curse H7621 to My chosen H972 ones, H972
And the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 will slay H4191 you.
But [fn]My servants H5650 will be called H7121 by another H312 name. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:9 - “Why H4100 are You like a man H376 dismayed, H1724
Like a mighty H1368 man H1368 who cannot H3201 H3808 save? H3467
Yet You are in our midst, H7130 O LORD, H3068
And we are called H7121 by Your name; H8034
Do not forsake H5117 us!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:11 - “But the nation H1471 which H834 will bring H935 its neck H6677 under the yoke H5923 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894 and serve H5647 him, I will let remain H5117 on its land,” H127 declares H5002 the LORD, H3068 “and they will till H5647 it and dwell H3427 in it.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:6 - the men, H1397 the women, H802 the [fn]children, H2945 the king’s H4428 daughters H1323 and every H3605 person H5315 that Nebuzaradan H5018 the captain H7227 of the bodyguard H2876 had left H5117 with Gedaliah H1436 the son H1121 of Ahikam H296 [fn]and grandson H1121 of Shaphan, H8227 together with Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 and Baruch H1263 the son H1121 of Neriah H5374—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:39 - “I will also give H5414 you into [fn]the hands H3027 of your lovers, and they will tear H2040 down H2040 your shrines, H1354 demolish H5422 your high H7413 places, H7413 strip H6584 you of your clothing, H899 take H3947 away your [fn]jewels, H3627 H8597 and will leave H5117 you naked H5903 and bare. H6181

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:20 - ‘As they gather H6910 silver H3701 and bronze H5178 and iron H1270 and lead H5777 and tin H913 into the furnace H3564 to blow H5301 fire H784 on it in order to melt H5413 it, so H3651 I will gather H6908 you in My anger H639 and in My wrath H2534 and I will lay H5117 you there and melt H5413 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:14 - “I will put H5414 My [fn]Spirit H7307 within you and you will come H2421 to life, H2421 and I will place H5117 you on your own land. H127 Then you will know H3045 that I, the LORD, H3068 have spoken H1696 and done H6213 it,” declares H5002 the LORD.’” H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:42 - For the burnt H5930 offering H5930 there were four H702 tables H7979 of hewn H1496 stone, H68 a cubit H520 and a half H2677 long, H753 a cubit H520 and a half H2677 wide H7341 and one H259 cubit H520 high, H1363 on which they lay H5117 the instruments H3627 with which H834 they slaughter H7819 the burnt H5930 offering H5930 and the sacrifice. H2077

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:9 - The [fn]thickness H7341 of the outer H2351 wall H7023 of the side H6763 chambers H6763 was five H2568 cubits. H520 But the free H5117 space H5117 between H1004 the side H6763 chambers H6763 belonging to the temple H1004

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:11 - The [fn]doorways H6607 of the [fn]side H6763 chambers H6763 toward the free H5117 space H5117 consisted of one H259 doorway H6607 toward H1870 the north H6828 and another H259 doorway H6607 toward the south; H1864 and the width H7341 of the free H5117 space H5117 H4725 was five H2568 cubits H520 all H5439 around. H5439

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:13 - Then he said H559 to me, “The north H6828 chambers H3957 and the south H1864 chambers, H3957 which H834 are opposite H413 H6440 the separate H1508 area, H1508 they are the holy H6944 chambers H3957 where H834 H8033 the priests H3548 who H834 are near H7138 to the LORD H3068 shall eat H398 the most H6944 holy H6944 things. H6944 There H8033 they shall lay H5117 the most H6944 holy H6944 things, H6944 the grain offering, H4503 the sin H2403 offering H2403 and the guilt H817 offering; H817 for the place H4725 is holy. H6918

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:14 - “When the priests H3548 enter, H935 then they shall not go H3318 out into the outer H2435 court H2691 from the sanctuary H6944 [fn]without laying H5117 there H8033 their garments H899 in which H834 they minister, H8334 for they are holy. H6944 They shall put H3847 on other H312 garments; H899 then they shall approach H7126 that which H834 is for the people.” H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:19 - “When they go H3318 out into the outer H2435 court, H2691 into the outer H2435 court H2691 to the people, H5971 they shall put H6584 off H6584 their garments H899 in which H834 they have been ministering H8334 and lay H5117 them in the holy H6944 chambers; H3957 then they shall put H3847 on other H312 garments H899 so H3808 that they will not transmit H6942 holiness H6942 to the people H5971 with their garments. H899

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:17 - Ephraim H669 is joined H2266 to idols; H6091
Let H5117 him alone. H5117

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:7 - For those who turn H2015 justice H4941 into wormwood H3939
And [fn]cast H5117 righteousness H6666 down H5117 to the earth.” H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:11 - Then he said H559 to me, “To build H1129 a [fn]temple H1004 for her in the land H776 of Shinar; H8152 and when it is prepared, H3559 she will be set H5117 there H8033 on her own pedestal.” H4350

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