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title: יָשֵׁשׁ — aged · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יָשֵׁשׁ (3486), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: aged. BDB 1906: adj. aged, decrepit. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יָשֵׁשׁ

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«יָשֵׁשׁ» 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 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 3486 · **BDB:** יָשֵׁשׁ

### Glosses

decrepit (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

aged [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3486/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. aged, decrepit [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3486/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. aged, decrepit, only זָקֵן וְיָשֵׁשׁ 2 Ch 36:17.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 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, 0 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יָשֵׁשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3486/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Chronicles 36:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/2CH.36.17/)

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וַיַּ֨עַל עֲלֵיהֶ֜ם אֶת־מֶ֣לֶךְ כַּשְׂדִּ֗ים וַיַּהֲרֹ֨ג בַּחוּרֵיהֶ֤ם בַּחֶ֙רֶב֙ בְּבֵ֣ית מִקְדָּשָׁ֔ם וְלֹ֥א חָמַ֛ל עַל־בָּח֥וּר וּבְתוּלָ֖ה זָקֵ֣ן וְיָשֵׁ֑שׁ הַכֹּ֖ל נָתַ֥ן בְּיָדֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.brought.up on them (et) the.king of.\[the\].Chaldeans and he.killed men their.young with the sword in the.house their.sanctuary their and not he.had.compassion on young.man and young.woman \[the\].old and.\[the\] decrepit (the) everyone he.gave in hand his

*JPS 1917:* Therefore He brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man or hoary-headed; He gave them all into his hand.

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