יָשֵׁן
yâshên · yaw-shane'
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
- properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die)
- also, to grow old, stale or inveterate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: old (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to consume, to destroy › the seed, life continuing
The hand that works that works to consume, to destroy of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יָשֵׁן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and sleep3 · 16%
- and he slept2 · 11%
- and slept2 · 11%
- nor sleep2 · 11%
- it is an old1 · 5%
- old store1 · 5%
- and ye shall have remained long1 · 5%
- and she made him sleep1 · 5%
- i should have slept1 · 5%
- lest i sleep1 · 5%
- why sleepest1 · 5%
- for they sleep1 · 5%
- him to sleep1 · 5%
- and they shall sleep1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.