HebrewH3463Adjective

יָשֵׁן

ya.shen

8Occurrences
H3463Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

sleepy

from H3462 (יָשֵׁן);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
sleeping

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

H:A

Full Description

Hebrew Adjective

Occurrences

יָשֵׁן appears 8 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Kings
2
1 Samuel
2
Daniel
1
Hosea
1
Psalms
1
Song of Solomon
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 18:27BSB

At noon Elijah began to taunt them, saying, “Shout louder, for he is a god! Perhaps he is deep in thought, or occupied, or on a journey. Perhaps he is sleeping and must be awakened!”

1 Kings 3:20BSB

So she got up in the middle of the night and took my son from my side while I was asleep. She laid him in her bosom and put her dead son at my bosom.

1 Samuel 26:7BSB

That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.

1 Samuel 26:12BSB

So David took the spear and water jug by Saul’s head, and they departed. No one saw them or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.

Daniel 12:2BSB

And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

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