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title: יָשִׁישׁ — aged · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָשִׁישׁ (3453), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: aged. BDB 1906: adj. aged. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָשִׁישׁ

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«יָשִׁישׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **aged** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** 3453 · **BDB:** יָשִׁישׁ

### Glosses

\[are\].aged (1); \[the\].aged (1); aged.\[men\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

aged [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3453/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. aged [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3453/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. aged, only Jb (NH once יָשִׁישִׁים old, venerable men, Levy Jastr);—abs. יָשִׁישׁ Jb 15:10; pl. יְשִׁישִׁים 32:6 + 2 times;—aged, as pred. adj. Jb 32:6 (opp. צָעִיר לְיָמִים); as subst. 15:10 (‖ שָׂב); 29:8 (opp. נערים); בִּישִׁישִׁים חָכְמָה 12:12 among aged men is wisdom (‖ אֹרֶךְ יָמִים תְּבוּנָה).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (15 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָשִׁישׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3453/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 12:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.12/)

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בִּֽישִׁישִׁ֥ים חָכְמָ֑ה וְאֹ֖רֶךְ יָמִ֣ים תְּבוּנָֽה׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].with aged.\[people\] wisdom and \[is.with\].length of.days understanding

*JPS 1917:* Is wisdom with aged men, and understanding in length of days? —

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[Job 29:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.29.8/)

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רָא֣וּנִי נְעָרִ֣ים וְנֶחְבָּ֑אוּ וִֽ֝ישִׁישִׁים קָ֣מוּ עָמָֽדוּ׃

*Word for word:* they saw.me young.men and they.hid.themselves and aged.\[men\] they.rose they.stood

*JPS 1917:* The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood;

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