Lexicon :: Strong's H3462 - yāšan

יָשַׁן

Transliteration

yāšan

Pronunciation

yaw-shane'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 928

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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

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STRONGS H3462: Abbreviations

† [יָשֵׁן] verb sleep (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic noun sleep; Arabic be sleepy, , sleep Assyrian šittiu, sleep, Dl^{HWB 246}, šunatu, šuttu, dream, Id^{ib, Flood: iv. 22} Asrb^{Annals, 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 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.

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