Strongs Number: H3462
- Hebrew Word
- יָשֵׁן
- Transliteration
- yâshên
- Phonetic
- yaw-shane'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
properly to be slack or {languid} that {is} (by implication) sleep (figuratively to die); also to grow {old} stale or inveterate
- BDB Definition
-
1. to sleep, be asleep
a. (Qal) to sleep, go to sleep, be asleep
b. (Niphal)
1. to remain a long time, be stored up
2. to be festering (of leprosy)
c. (Piel) to cause to sleep, entice to sleep
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- old ({store}) remain {long} (make to) sleep.