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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
Dictionary Aids

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:21 - So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - And he fell asleep and dreamed a second time. And behold, seven ears of grain, plump and good, were growing on one stalk.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:11 - it is a chronic leprous disease in the skin of his body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean. He shall not shut him up, for he is unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:10 - You shall eat old store long kept, and you shall clear out the old to make way for the new.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:25 - “When you father children and children’s children, and have grown old in the land, if you act corruptly by making a carved image in the form of anything, and by doing what is evil in the sight of the LORD your God, so as to provoke him to anger,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - She made him sleep on her knees. And she called a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to torment him, and his strength left him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:12 - So David took the spear and the jar of water from Saul’s head, and they went away. No man saw it or knew it, nor did any awake, for they were all asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen upon them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:5 - And he lay down and slept under a broom tree. And behold, an angel touched him and said to him, “Arise and eat.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:13 - For then I would have lain down and been quiet;
I would have slept; then I would have been at rest,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:5 - I lay down and slept;
I woke again, for the LORD sustained me.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:8 - In peace I will both lie down and sleep;
for you alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:3 - Consider and answer me, O LORD my God;
light up my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death,
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:23 - Awake! Why are you sleeping, O Lord?
Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever!
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:4 - Behold, he who keeps Israel
will neither slumber nor sleep.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:16 - For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:12 - Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.
Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:9 - and your mouth[fn] like the best wine.

She
It goes down smoothly for my beloved,
gliding over lips and teeth.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 - None is weary, none stumbles,
none slumbers or sleeps,
not a waistband is loose,
not a sandal strap broken;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39 - While they are inflamed I will prepare them a feast
and make them drunk, that they may become merry,
then sleep a perpetual sleep
and not wake, declares the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57 - I will make drunk her officials and her wise men,
her governors, her commanders, and her warriors;
they shall sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake,
declares the King, whose name is the LORD of hosts.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:25 - “I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild beasts from the land, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
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