3463. yashen

Strong's Lexicon

yashen: To sleep, to be asleep

Original Word: יָשֵׁן
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: yashen
Pronunciation: yah-SHANE
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-shane')
Definition: To sleep, to be asleep
Meaning: sleepy

Word Origin: A primitive root

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - G2518 (katheudō): To sleep, to be asleep

- G2837 (koimaō): To sleep, to fall asleep (often used metaphorically for death)

Usage: The Hebrew verb "yashen" primarily means "to sleep" or "to be asleep." It is used in the context of physical rest and the natural state of sleep. The term can also metaphorically imply a state of inactivity or unawareness.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Hebrew culture, sleep was considered a natural and necessary part of life, often associated with rest and rejuvenation. The Bible frequently uses sleep as a metaphor for death, spiritual lethargy, or unawareness. In a society without artificial lighting, sleep patterns were closely tied to the natural cycle of day and night, emphasizing the importance of rest in daily life.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from yashen
Definition
sleeping
NASB Translation
asleep (3), sleep (1), sleeping (1), slept (1), smolders (1), who fall asleep (1), who sleep (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

I. יָשֵׁן adjective sleeping; — masculine singular יָשֵׁן 1 Samuel 26:7 3t., feminine singular יֲשֵׁנֵה 1 Kings 3:20 Cant 52; plural יְשֵׁנִים 1 Samuel 26:12; Songs 7:10; construct יֲשֵׁנֵי Daniel 12:2; — asleep, sleeping 1 Samuel 26:7,12; 1 Kings 3:20; Songs 5:2; Songs 7:10; so, figurative, Hosea 7:6, explained as = יֶעְשַׁן smoketh, compare Deuteronomy 29:19, by RS^{J Phil. xvi. 1888, 72; Proph. iv. n. 19} Che with אַמְּהֶם (Ges^{§ 1}. R. 1 a) for אֹפֵהֶם; but < We, their anger sleepeth; of Baal 1 Kings 18:27; in simile of ׳י Psalm 78:65; of dead, as sleeping in dust, Daniel 12:2.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

asleep, one out of sleep

From yashen; sleepy -- asleep, (one out of) sleep(-eth, -ing), slept.

see HEBREW yashen

Forms and Transliterations

יְשֵׁנָ֔ה יָשֵׁ֥ן יָשֵׁן֙ ישן ישנה כְּיָשֵׁ֥ן ׀ כישן מִיְּשֵׁנֵ֥י מישני kə·yā·šên kəyāšên keyaShen mî·yə·šê·nê mîyəšênê miyesheNei yā·šên yāšên yaShen yə·šê·nāh yəšênāh yesheNah

Englishman's Concordance

1 Samuel 26:7
HEB: שָׁא֗וּל שֹׁכֵ֤ב יָשֵׁן֙ בַּמַּעְגָּ֔ל וַחֲנִית֥וֹ
NAS: lay sleeping inside the circle of the camp
KJV: lay sleeping within the trench,
INT: Saul lay sleeping the circle his spear

1 Kings 3:20
HEB: מֵֽאֶצְלִ֗י וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֙ יְשֵׁנָ֔ה וַתַּשְׁכִּיבֵ֖הוּ בְּחֵיקָ֑הּ
NAS: me while your maidservant slept, and laid
KJV: me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid
INT: beside your maidservant slept and laid her bosom

1 Kings 18:27
HEB: ל֑וֹ אוּלַ֛י יָשֵׁ֥ן ה֖וּא וְיִקָֽץ׃
NAS: or perhaps he is asleep and needs to be awakened.
KJV: [or] peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
INT: A journey perhaps is asleep and needs to be awakened

Psalm 78:65
HEB: וַיִּקַ֖ץ כְּיָשֵׁ֥ן ׀ אֲדֹנָ֑י כְּ֝גִבּ֗וֹר
NAS: awoke as [if from] sleep, Like a warrior
KJV: awaked as one out of sleep, [and] like a mighty man
INT: awoke sleep the Lord A warrior

Daniel 12:2
HEB: וְרַבִּ֕ים מִיְּשֵׁנֵ֥י אַדְמַת־ עָפָ֖ר
NAS: Many of those who sleep in the dust
KJV: And many of them that sleep in the dust
INT: Many who of the ground the dust

5 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3463
5 Occurrences

kə·yā·šên — 1 Occ.
mî·yə·šê·nê — 1 Occ.
yā·šên — 2 Occ.
yə·šê·nāh — 1 Occ.