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Lexicon :: Strong's H3462 - yāšan

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יָשַׁן
Transliteration
yāšan
Pronunciation
yaw-shane'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 928

Strong’s Definitions

יָשֵׁן yâshên, yaw-shane'; a primitive root; properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate:—old (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x

The KJV translates Strong's H3462 in the following manner: sleep (16x), remained long (1x), old (1x), old store (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 19x
The KJV translates Strong's H3462 in the following manner: sleep (16x), remained long (1x), old (1x), old store (1x).

  1. to sleep, be asleep

    1. (Qal) to sleep, go to sleep, be asleep

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to remain a long time, be stored up

      2. to be festering (of leprosy)

    3. (Piel) to cause to sleep, entice to sleep

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָשֵׁן yâshên, yaw-shane'; a primitive root; properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate:—old (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.
STRONGS H3462: Abbreviations
† [יָשֵׁן] verb sleep (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic noun bdb044503 sleep; Arabic bdb044504 be sleepy, bdb044505, bdb044506 sleep Assyrian šittiu, sleep, DlHWB 246, šunatu, šuttu, dream, Idib, Flood: iv. 22 AsrbAnnals, v R. 2, 97) —
Qal Perfect יָשַׁנְתִּי Job 3:13; וְיָָֽשְׁנוּ consecutive Jeremiah 51:39 + 2 times; Imperfect יִישָׁ֑ן Isaiah 5:27; Psalm 121:4; וַיִישַׁן 1 Kings 19:5, etc.; Infinitive construct לִישׁוֺן Ecclesiastes 5:11; — sleep, go to sleep, and be asleep, Genesis 2:21 (J), Genesis 41:5 (E), Ezekiel 34:25; Job 3:13; Psalm 3:6; Psalm 4:9 [Psalm 4:8]; Proverbs 4:16; Ecclesiastes 5:11, also 2 Samuel 4:6 Greek Version of the LXX We Dr Kit Bu, see חֹמֶשׁ; with לֹא, of Ass. army Isaiah 5:27 (|| נוּם); of Baal 1 Kings 19:5; of י׳, עוּרָה לָמָּה תִישַׁן אֲדֹנָי 1Ki 44:24; לֹא יִישָׁ֑ן 1 Kings 12:14 (|| נוּם); with accusative of congnate meaning with verb שְׁנַת עוֺלָם ישׁ׳ Jeremiah 51:39, 57 (see שֵׁנָה), of death, compare אִישַׁן הַמָּוֶת [H8153 Psalm 132:4].
Niph. only in derivatives sense of become inactive or stationary; Perfect וְנוֺשַׁנְתֶּם consecutive Deuteronomy 4:25 and ye be grown old בָּאָרֶץ, i.e. (see Di Dr) have lost freshness of first impressions; of inanimate things, be old, stale, only Participle יָשָׁן נוֺשָׁן Leviticus 26:10 (H), feminine צרעת נוֺשֶׁנֶת Leviticus 13:11 = old leprosy (P); these possibly denominative from יָשָׁן
Pi. causative Imperfect וַתְּיַשְּׁנֵהוּ Judges 16:19 and she made him sleep.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:21; 41:5

Leviticus

13:11; 26:10

Deuteronomy

4:25

Judges

16:19

2 Samuel

4:6

1 Kings

12:14; 19:5; 19:5

Job

3:13; 3:13

Psalms

3:6; 4:8; 121:4

Proverbs

4:16

Ecclesiastes

5:11; 5:11

Isaiah

5:27; 5:27

Jeremiah

51:39; 51:39; 51:57

Ezekiel

34:25

H3462

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Strong's Number H3462 matches the Hebrew יָשַׁן (yāšan),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:21 - And Jehovah God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - And he slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven ears of grain came up upon one stalk, rank and good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:11 - it is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean: he shall not shut him up; for he is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:10 - And ye shall eat old store long kept, and ye shall bring forth the old because of the new.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:25

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:25 - When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have been long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image in the form of anything, and shall do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah thy God, to provoke him to anger;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and shaved off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:12 - So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul’s head; and they gat them away: and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither did any awake; for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from Jehovah was fallen upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:5 - And he lay down and slept under a juniper-tree; and, behold, an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:13 -
For now should I have lain down and been quiet;
I should have slept; then had I been at rest,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:5 -
I laid me down and slept;
I awaked; for Jehovah sustaineth me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:8 -
In peace will I both lay me down and sleep;
For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:3 -
Consider and answer me, O Jehovah my God:
Lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:23 -
Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord?
Arise, cast us not off for ever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 121:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:4 -
Behold, he that keepeth Israel
Will neither slumber nor sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:16 -
For they sleep not, except they do evil;
And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:12 - The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much; but the fulness of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:9 -
And thy mouth like the best wine,
That goeth down smoothly for my beloved,
Gliding through the lips of those that are asleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 - None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39 - When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith Jehovah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57 - And I will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is Jehovah of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:25 - And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
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