3462. yashen
Berean Strong's Lexicon
yashen: To sleep, to be asleep

Original Word: יָשֵׁן
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: yashen
Pronunciation: yah-SHANE
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-shane')
Definition: To sleep, to be asleep
Meaning: to be slack, languid, sleep, to grow old, stale, inveterate

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2518 (katheudō): To sleep, to be asleep

- G2837 (koimaō): To sleep, used metaphorically for death

Usage: The Hebrew verb "yashen" primarily means "to sleep" or "to be asleep." It is used in the context of physical rest and sleep, often implying a state of inactivity or unconsciousness. In the Hebrew Bible, it can also metaphorically refer to spiritual lethargy or death.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, sleep was seen as a natural and necessary part of life, a time for rest and rejuvenation. The concept of sleep also carried metaphorical meanings, such as spiritual slumber or death. Sleep was often associated with peace and safety, as seen in the Psalms, where trust in God allows for restful sleep. In a historical context, sleep was understood as a divine gift, a time when God could communicate through dreams, as seen in the stories of Joseph and Daniel.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. root
Definition
to sleep
NASB Translation
chronic (1), fell asleep (1), remained long (1), sleep (10), sleeps (1), slept (5), supply (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
[יָשֵׁן] verb sleep (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic noun sleep; Arabic be sleepy, , 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 2t.; 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; Proverbs 4:16; Ecclesiastes 5:11, also 2 Samuel 4:6 ᵐ5 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 Psalm 13:4. Niph`al 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`el causat. Imperfect וַתְּיַשְּׁנֵהוּ Judges 16:19and she made him sleep.

ישׁן (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew ישׁן, שֵׁנָה).



Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
to be slack or languid, grow old

A primitive root; properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate:

Forms and Transliterations
אִישַׁ֥ן אישן וְאִ֫ישָׁ֥ן וְיָשְׁנ֖וּ וְיָשְׁנ֥וּ וְיָשָׁ֕ן וְנוֹשַׁנְתֶּ֖ם וַיִּישַׁ֔ן וַיִּישָׁ֑ן וַיִּישָׁ֕ן וַתְּיַשְּׁנֵ֙הוּ֙ וָֽאִ֫ישָׁ֥נָה ואישן ואישנה ויישן וישן וישנו ונושנתם ותישנהו יְשֵׁנִ֔ים יְשֵׁנִֽים׃ יְשֵׁנָ֖ה יִֽ֭שְׁנוּ יִישָׁ֑ן יָ֝שַׁ֗נְתִּי יָשֵׁ֣ן יישן ישן ישנה ישנו ישנים ישנים׃ ישנתי לִישֽׁוֹן׃ לישון׃ נוֹשֶׁ֤נֶת נוֹשָׁ֑ן נושן נושנת תִישַׁ֥ן ׀ תישן ’î·šan ’îšan iShan lî·šō·wn liShon lîšōwn nō·wō·šān nō·wō·še·neṯ noShan noShenet nōwōšān nōwōšeneṯ ṯî·šan ṯîšan tiShan vaIShanah vaiyiShan vatteyashsheNehu veIShan venoshanTem veyaShan veyasheNu wā’îšānāh wā·’î·šā·nāh wat·tə·yaš·šə·nê·hū wattəyaššənêhū way·yî·šan way·yî·šān wayyîšan wayyîšān wə’îšān wə·’î·šān wə·nō·wō·šan·tem wə·yā·šān wə·yā·šə·nū wənōwōšantem wəyāšān wəyāšənū yā·šan·tî yā·šên yāšantî yāšên yaShanti yaShen yə·šê·nāh yə·šê·nîm yəšênāh yəšênîm yesheNah yesheNim yî·šān yiš·nū yîšān yiShan Yishnu yišnū
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Genesis 2:21
HEB: עַל־ הָאָדָ֖ם וַיִּישָׁ֑ן וַיִּקַּ֗ח אַחַת֙
NAS: upon the man, and he slept; then He took
KJV: upon Adam, and he slept: and he took
INT: upon the man slept took one

Genesis 41:5
HEB: וַיִּישָׁ֕ן וַֽיַּחֲלֹ֖ם שֵׁנִ֑ית
NAS: He fell asleep and dreamed
KJV: And he slept and dreamed
INT: fell and dreamed A second

Leviticus 13:11
HEB: צָרַ֨עַת נוֹשֶׁ֤נֶת הִוא֙ בְּע֣וֹר
NAS: it is a chronic leprosy on the skin
KJV: It [is] an old leprosy in the skin
INT: leprosy chronic he the skin

Leviticus 26:10
HEB: וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֥ם יָשָׁ֖ן נוֹשָׁ֑ן וְיָשָׁ֕ן מִפְּנֵ֥י
NAS: the old supply and clear
KJV: And ye shall eat old store, and bring forth
INT: will eat the old supply supply because

Leviticus 26:10
HEB: יָשָׁ֖ן נוֹשָׁ֑ן וְיָשָׁ֕ן מִפְּנֵ֥י חָדָ֖שׁ
INT: the old supply supply because of the new

Deuteronomy 4:25
HEB: וּבְנֵ֣י בָנִ֔ים וְנוֹשַׁנְתֶּ֖ם בָּאָ֑רֶץ וְהִשְׁחַתֶּ֗ם
NAS: children and have remained long in the land,
KJV: children, and ye shall have remained long in the land,
INT: and children's children remained the land and act

Judges 16:19
HEB: וַתְּיַשְּׁנֵ֙הוּ֙ עַל־ בִּרְכֶּ֔יהָ
NAS: She made him sleep on her knees,
KJV: And she made him sleep upon her knees;
INT: sleep on her knees

1 Samuel 26:12
HEB: כִּ֤י כֻלָּם֙ יְשֵׁנִ֔ים כִּ֚י תַּרְדֵּמַ֣ת
INT: because were all grow old because A sound

1 Kings 19:5
HEB: וַיִּשְׁכַּב֙ וַיִּישַׁ֔ן תַּ֖חַת רֹ֣תֶם
NAS: He lay down and slept under
KJV: And as he lay and slept under a
INT: lay and slept under A juniper

Job 3:13
HEB: שָׁכַ֣בְתִּי וְאֶשְׁק֑וֹט יָ֝שַׁ֗נְתִּי אָ֤ז ׀ יָנ֬וּחַֽ
NAS: and been quiet; I would have slept then,
KJV: and been quiet, I should have slept: then had I been at rest,
INT: have lain and been have slept then have been

Psalm 3:5
HEB: אֲנִ֥י שָׁכַ֗בְתִּי וָֽאִ֫ישָׁ֥נָה הֱקִיצ֑וֹתִי כִּ֖י
NAS: I lay down and slept; I awoke,
KJV: I laid me down and slept; I awaked;
INT: I lay and slept awaked for

Psalm 4:8
HEB: יַחְדָּו֮ אֶשְׁכְּבָ֪ה וְאִ֫ישָׁ֥ן כִּֽי־ אַתָּ֣ה
NAS: lie down and sleep, For You alone,
KJV: in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD,
INT: will both lie and sleep for O

Psalm 13:3
HEB: עֵ֝ינַ֗י פֶּן־ אִישַׁ֥ן הַמָּֽוֶת׃
NAS: or I will sleep the [sleep of] death,
KJV: mine eyes, lest I sleep the [sleep of] death;
INT: my eyes or will sleep death

Psalm 44:23
HEB: ע֤וּרָה ׀ לָ֖מָּה תִישַׁ֥ן ׀ אֲדֹנָ֑י הָ֝קִ֗יצָה
NAS: Yourself, why do You sleep, O Lord?
KJV: Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord?
INT: Arouse why sleep the Lord arise

Psalm 121:4
HEB: יָ֭נוּם וְלֹ֣א יִישָׁ֑ן שׁ֝וֹמֵ֗ר יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
NAS: slumber nor sleep.
KJV: shall neither slumber nor sleep.
INT: slumber nor sleep keeps Israel

Proverbs 4:16
HEB: כִּ֤י לֹ֣א יִֽ֭שְׁנוּ אִם־ לֹ֣א
NAS: For they cannot sleep unless
KJV: For they sleep not, except they have done mischief;
INT: for cannot sleep for cannot

Ecclesiastes 5:12
HEB: מַנִּ֥יחַֽ ל֖וֹ לִישֽׁוֹן׃
NAS: does not allow him to sleep.
KJV: will not suffer him to sleep.
INT: will not suffer to sleep

Songs 5:2
HEB: אֲנִ֥י יְשֵׁנָ֖ה וְלִבִּ֣י עֵ֑ר
INT: I grow old my heart was awake

Songs 7:9
HEB: דּוֹבֵ֖ב שִׂפְתֵ֥י יְשֵׁנִֽים׃
INT: Flowing the lips grow old

Isaiah 5:27
HEB: יָנ֖וּם וְלֹ֣א יִישָׁ֑ן וְלֹ֤א נִפְתַּח֙
NAS: slumbers or sleeps; Nor
KJV: among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the girdle
INT: slumbers Nor sleeps Nor undone

Jeremiah 51:39
HEB: לְמַ֣עַן יַעֲלֹ֔זוּ וְיָשְׁנ֥וּ שְׁנַת־ עוֹלָ֖ם
NAS: that they may become jubilant And may sleep a perpetual
KJV: that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual
INT: because of may become and may sleep sleep A perpetual

Jeremiah 51:57
HEB: וּסְגָנֶ֙יהָ֙ וְגִבּוֹרֶ֔יהָ וְיָשְׁנ֥וּ שְׁנַת־ עוֹלָ֖ם
NAS: and her mighty men, That they may sleep a perpetual
KJV: and her mighty men: and they shall sleep a perpetual
INT: her prefects mighty may sleep sleep A perpetual

Ezekiel 34:25
HEB: בַמִּדְבָּר֙ לָבֶ֔טַח וְיָשְׁנ֖וּ בַּיְּעָרִֽים׃
NAS: in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
KJV: in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
INT: the wilderness securely and sleep the woods

Hosea 7:6
HEB: כָּל־ הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ יָשֵׁ֣ן אֹֽפֵהֶ֔ם בֹּ֕קֶר
INT: all night grow old their anger the morning

24 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3462
24 Occurrences


’î·šan — 1 Occ.
lî·šō·wn — 1 Occ.
nō·wō·šān — 1 Occ.
nō·wō·še·neṯ — 1 Occ.
ṯî·šan — 1 Occ.
wā·’î·šā·nāh — 1 Occ.
way·yî·šān — 3 Occ.
wat·tə·yaš·šə·nê·hū — 1 Occ.
wə·’î·šān — 1 Occ.
wə·nō·wō·šan·tem — 1 Occ.
wə·yā·šān — 1 Occ.
wə·yā·šə·nū — 3 Occ.
yā·šan·tî — 1 Occ.
yā·šên — 1 Occ.
yə·šê·nāh — 1 Occ.
yə·šê·nîm — 2 Occ.
yî·šān — 2 Occ.
yiš·nū — 1 Occ.
















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