Definition
a primitive root; properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
Traditional renderings: old (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.
Traditional renderings: old (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders יָשֵׁן:
- καίkai“and”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
19 total
- Genesis 2:21וַיִּישָׁ֑ן · and while he sleptSo 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 41:5וַיִּישָׁ֕ן · but he fell back asleep…but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.
- Leviticus 13:11נוֹשֶׁ֤נֶת · is a chronic…it is a chronic skin disease and the priest must pronounce him unclean. He need not isolate him, for he is unclean.
- Leviticus 26:10נוֹשָׁ֑ן · supply of grainYou will still be eating the old supply of grain when you need to clear it out to make room for the new.
- Deuteronomy 4:25וְנוֹשַׁנְתֶּ֖ם · a long timeAfter 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 16:19וַתְּיַשְּׁנֵ֙הוּ֙ · And having lulled him to sleepAnd 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 19:5וַיִּישַׁ֔ן · and fell asleepThen he lay down under the broom tree and fell asleep. Suddenly an angel touched him and said, “Get up and eat.”
- Job 3:13יָ֝שַׁ֗נְתִּי · I would be asleepFor now I would be lying down in peace; I would be asleep and at rest
- Psalm 3:5וָֽאִ֫ישָׁ֥נָה · and sleepI lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
- Psalm 4:8וְאִ֫ישָׁ֥ן · and sleepI will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
- Psalm 13:3אִישַׁ֥ן · I sleepConsider me and respond, O LORD my God. Give light to my eyes, lest I sleep in death,
- Psalm 44:23תִישַׁ֥ן׀ · are You sleepingWake up, O Lord! Why are You sleeping? Arise! Do not reject us forever.
- Psalm 121:4יִישָׁ֑ן · sleepBehold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
- Proverbs 4:16יִֽ֭שְׁנוּ · sleepFor they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.
- Ecclesiastes 5:12לִישֽׁוֹן׃ · sleepThe sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
- Isaiah 5:27יִישָׁ֑ן · sleepsNone of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.
- Jeremiah 51:39וְיָשְׁנ֥וּ · then they will fall asleepWhile 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 51:57וְיָשְׁנ֥וּ · Then they will fall asleepI 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 34:25וְיָשְׁנ֖וּ · and sleepI 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.