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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 - So Yahweh God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept H3462; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - He again fell H3462 asleep H3462 and dreamed a second time; and behold, seven ears of grain came up on a single stalk, plump and good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 13:11 - it is [fn]a chronic H3462 leprosy on the skin of his [fn]body, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean; he shall not [fn]isolate him, for he is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 26:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:10 - ‘And you will eat the old supply H3462 and clear out the old because of the new.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:25 -

“When you [fn]become the father of children and children’s children and remain H3462 long H3462 in the land and act corruptly and make [fn]a graven image in the form of anything and do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh your God so as to provoke Him to anger,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 16:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:19 - Then she made him sleep H3462 on her knees and called for a man and had him shave off the seven locks of his head. Then she began to afflict him, and his strength left him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:12 - So David took the spear and the jug of water from beside Saul’s head, and they went away, but no one saw or knew it, nor did any awake, for they were all asleep, because a [fn]sound sleep from Yahweh had fallen on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 19:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:5 - Then he lay down and slept H3462 under a broom tree; and behold, there was an angel touching him, and he said to him, “Arise, eat.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 3:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:13 -

“For now I would have lain down and been quiet;

I would have slept H3462 then; it would have been rest to me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:5 -

[fn]I lay down and slept H3462;

I awoke, for Yahweh sustains me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:8 -

In peace I will [fn]both lie down and sleep H3462,

For You alone, O Yahweh, make me to abide in safety.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 13:3 -

Look and answer me, O Yahweh my God;

Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep H3462 the sleep of death,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:23 -

Arouse Yourself, why do You sleep H3462, O Lord?

Awake, do not reject us forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 121:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 121:4 -

Behold, He who keeps Israel

Will not slumber and will not sleep H3462.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:16 -

For they do not sleep H3462 unless they do evil;

And [fn]they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:12 - The sleep of the laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the satisfaction of the rich man does not [fn]allow him to sleep H3462.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:9 -

And your [fn]mouth like the best wine!”

“[fn]It goes down smoothly for my beloved,

Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 -

No one in it is weary or stumbles,

None slumbers or sleeps H3462;

Nor is the belt at its waist undone,

Nor its sandal strap broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39 -

“When they become heated up, I will set before them their feast

And make them drunk, that they may exult

And may sleep H3462 a perpetual sleep

And not wake up,” declares Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:57 -

“I will make her princes and her wise men drunk,

Her governors, her prefects, and her mighty men,

That they may sleep H3462 a perpetual sleep and not wake up,”

Declares the King, whose name is Yahweh of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:25 -

“I will cut a covenant of peace with them and cause harmful beasts to cease from the land so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep H3462 in the woods.

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