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title: יָשָׁן — old · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָשָׁן (3465), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: old. BDB 1906: adj. old Niph. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָשָׁן

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«יָשָׁן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **old** — 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:** 6 times · **Key:** 3465 · **BDB:** יָשָׁן

### Glosses

old.harvest (4); old (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

old [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3465/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. old Niph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3465/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. old (orig., as it seems, withered, flabby, like a lifeless plant with top hanging down, as if in sleep; cf. Niph. supr., and NH יָשַׁן Pi. let a thing grow old)—יָשָׁן Lv 25:22 + 3 times; f. יְשָׁנָה Is 22:11 + 2 times; pl. יְשָׁנִים Ct 7:14;—old: הַבְּרֵכָה הַיְשָׁנָה Is 22:11; שַׁעַר הַיְשָׁנָה Ne 3:6; so 12:39; of choice fruits, Ct 7:14 (opp. חדשׁ); subst. old harvest, store, Lv 25:22(×2); 26:10(×2)

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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 (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 «יָשָׁן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3465/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Leviticus 26:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.26.10/)

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וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֥ם יָשָׁ֖ן נוֹשָׁ֑ן וְיָשָׁ֕ן מִפְּנֵ֥י חָדָ֖שׁ תּוֹצִֽיאוּ׃

*Word for word:* and you.will.eat old.harvest growing.old and old.harvest from before \[the\].new.\[harvest\] you.will.bring.out

*JPS 1917:* And ye shall eat old store long kept, and ye shall bring forth the old from before the new.

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[Song of Songs 7:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.7.14/)

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הַֽדּוּדָאִ֣ים נָֽתְנוּ־רֵ֗יחַ וְעַל־פְּתָחֵ֙ינוּ֙ כָּל־מְגָדִ֔ים חֲדָשִׁ֖ים גַּם־יְשָׁנִ֑ים דּוֹדִ֖י צָפַ֥נְתִּי לָֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* the mandrakes they.have.given.forth an.odor and \[will.be\].over doorway(s) our all excellent.things new also old my.lover my I.have.stored.up for you

*JPS 1917:* The mandrakes give forth fragrance, and at our doors are all manner of precious fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

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