Midvash

יָשֵׁןyâshên

sleep

Pronunciation: yaw-shane' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3462

Meanings

Qal: sleep, go to sleep, and be asleep, Gen 2:21 (J), Gen 41:5 (E), Ezek 34:25; Job 3:13; Ps 3:6; Ps 4:9; Prov 4:16; Eccl 5:11, also 2Sam 4:6 ᵐ5 We Dr Kit Bu, see חֹמֶשׁ; with לֹא, of Ass. army Isa 5:27 (|| נוּם); of Baal 1Kgs 19:5 of ׳ י, עוּרָה לָמָּה תִישַׁן אֲדֹנָי 1Kgs 44:24 לֹא יִישָׁ֑ן 1Kgs 12:14 (|| נוּם); with accusative of cognate meaning with verb שְׁנַת עוֺלָם ׳ ישׁ Jer 51:39; Jer 51:57 (see שֵׁנָה), of death, compare אִישַׁן הַמָּוֶת Ps 13:4. (Job 3:13; Jeremiah 51:39; Isaiah 5:27)

Niph`al: only in derivative sense of become inactive or stationary; Perfect וְנוֺשַׁנְתֶּם consecutive Deut 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 Lev 26:10 (H), feminine צרעת נוֺשֶׁנֶת Lev 13:11 = old leprosy (P); these possibly denominative from יָשָׁן (Deuteronomy 4:25; Leviticus 26:10; Leviticus 13:11)

Pi`el: causative (Judges 16:19)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 19 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 2:21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening.
  • Genesis 41:5 But he fell asleep again and had a second dream. This time he saw seven heads of grain, plump and beautiful, growing on a single stalk.
  • Leviticus 13:11 it is a chronic skin disease, and the priest must pronounce the person ceremonially unclean. In such cases the person need not be quarantined, for it is obvious that the skin is defiled by the disease.
  • Leviticus 26:10 You will have such a surplus of crops that you will need to clear out the old grain to make room for the new harvest!
  • Deuteronomy 4:25 “In the future, when you have children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time, do not corrupt yourselves by making idols of any kind. This is evil in the sight of the Lord your God and will arouse his anger.
  • Judges 16:19 Delilah lulled Samson to sleep with his head in her lap, and then she called in a man to shave off the seven locks of his hair. In this way she began to bring him down, and his strength left him.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).