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title: יָשֵׁן — sleeping · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָשֵׁן (3463), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 9 times: sleeping. BDB 1906: adj. sleeping. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָשֵׁן

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«יָשֵׁן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sleeping** — 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:** 9 times · **Key:** 3463 · **BDB:** יָשֵׁן²

### Glosses

\[is\].sleeping (2); \[was\].sleeping (2); \[were\].sleeping (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sleeping [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3463/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. sleeping [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3463/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. sleeping;—ms. יָשֵׁן 1 S 26:7 + 3 times, fs. יְשֵׁנָה 1 K 3:20; Ct 5:2; pl. יְשֵׁנִים 1 S 26:12 Ct 7:10; cstr. יְשֵׁנֵי Dn 12:2;—asleep, sleeping 1 S 26:7, 12 1 K 3:20 Ct 5:2; 7:10; so, fig., Ho 7:6, expl. as = יֶעְשַׁן smoketh, cf. Dt 29:19, by RSJPhil. xvi. 1888, 72; Proph. iv, n. 19 Che with אַפְּהֶם (Ges§ 91. 1. R. 1 a) for אֹפֵהֶם; but their anger sleepeth; of Baal 1 K 18:27; in sim. of י׳ ψ 78:65; of dead, as sleeping in dust, Dn 12:2.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 9 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָשֵׁן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3463/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 78:65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.65/)

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וַיִּקַ֖ץ כְּיָשֵׁ֥ן ׀ אֲדֹנָ֑י כְּ֝גִבּ֗וֹר מִתְרוֹנֵ֥ן מִיָּֽיִן׃

*Word for word:* and he.awoke like a.sleeper Lord \[the\] like a.warrior overcome from wine

*JPS 1917:* Then the Lord awaked as one asleep, like a mighty man recovering from wine.

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[Song of Songs 7:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.7.10/)

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וְחִכֵּ֕ךְ כְּיֵ֥ין הַטּ֛וֹב הוֹלֵ֥ךְ לְדוֹדִ֖י לְמֵישָׁרִ֑ים דּוֹבֵ֖ב שִׂפְתֵ֥י יְשֵׁנִֽים׃

*Word for word:* and mouth your \[be\].like.(the) wine of.(the) good \[which\].goes for lover my to smoothness(es) \[which\].flows.gently \[the\].lips of.sleepers

*JPS 1917:* And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine, that glideth down smoothly for my beloved, moving gently the lips of those that are asleep.'

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