יָשֵׁן
ya.shen
“sleeping”
Definition
sleepy
from H3462 (יָשֵׁן);
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Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
H:A
Hebrew Adjective
Occurrences
יָשֵׁן appears 8 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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!”
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.
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.
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.
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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