Yashen יָשֵׁן
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| יָשֵׁן | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | yashen |
| Strong's number | H3462 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to sleep |
| Occurrences | 20 in 20 verses |
| Most frequent in | Psalms (5) |
Yashen (Hebrew יָשֵׁן, Strong's H3462) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to sleep”. It occurs 20 times in 20 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to sleep, be asleep
1a) (Qal) to sleep, go to sleep, be asleep
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to remain a long time, be stored up
1b2) to be festering (of leprosy)
1c) (Piel) to cause to sleep, entice to sleep
1a) (Qal) to sleep, go to sleep, be asleep
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to remain a long time, be stored up
1b2) to be festering (of leprosy)
1c) (Piel) to cause to sleep, entice to sleep
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | sleep (10), slept (5), old (1), store (1), long (1), sleepest (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | sleep (6), they will fall asleep (2), while he slept (1), he fell back asleep (1), is a chronic (1), supply of grain (1), long time (1), having lulled him to sleep (1), fell asleep (1), i would be asleep (1), i sleep (1), are you sleeping (1), and 1 other rendering |
Topics
Verses
Every verse with Yashen, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 2:21And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
- Genesis 41:5And he slept and dreamed the second time: and, behold, seven ears of corn came up upon one stalk, rank and good.but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.
Leviticus
- Leviticus 13:11It is an old leprosy in the skin of his flesh, and the priest shall pronounce him unclean, and shall not shut him up: for he is unclean.it is a chronic skin disease and the priest must pronounce him unclean. He need not isolate him, for he is unclean.
- Leviticus 26:10And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth the old because of the new.You will still be eating the old supply of grain when you need to clear it out to make room for the new.
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 4:25When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger:After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—
Judges
- Judges 16:14And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the web.Then she tightened it with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin with the loom and the web.
- Judges 16:19And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him, and his strength left him.
1 Kings
- 1 Kings 19:5And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.Then he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”
Job
- Job 3:13For now should I have lain still and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,For now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
Psalms
- Psalm 3:5I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
- Psalm 4:8I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
- Psalm 13:3Consider and hear me, O LORD my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;Consider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
- Psalm 44:23Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, cast us not off for ever.Wake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
- Psalm 121:4Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 4:16For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
Ecclesiastes
- Ecclesiastes 5:12The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 5:27None 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:None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 51:39In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the Lord.While they are flushed with heat, I will serve them a feast, and I will make them drunk so that they may revel; then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up, declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 51:57And I will make drunk her princes, and her wise men, her captains, and her rulers, and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the King, whose name is the Lord of hosts.I will make her princes and wise men drunk, along with her governors, officials, and warriors. Then they will fall asleep forever and not wake up,” declares the King, whose name is the LORD of Hosts.
Ezekiel
- Ezekiel 34:25And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).