1. יָשֵׁן
sleep
The corpus record — Hebrew
וַיִּישָׁ֑ן
yashen · vb
sleep
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Distribution
- Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) 21 · 0.68/10k
Senses
2. יָשֵׁן
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
Attestations
- וַ/יִּישָׁ֑ן Genesis 2:21 (BHS)
- וַ/יִּישָׁ֕ן Genesis 41:5 (BHS)
- נוֹשֶׁ֤נֶת Leviticus 13:11 (BHS)
- נוֹשָׁ֑ן Leviticus 26:10 (BHS)
- וְ/נוֹשַׁנְתֶּ֖ם Deuteronomy 4:25 (BHS)
- וַ/תְּיַשְּׁנֵ֨/הוּ֙ Judges 16:19 (BHS)
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