Hebrew word study
יָשֵׁןyâshên — properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) s…
Pronounced “yaw-shane'”
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
Translated in the King James as: old (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.
Appears 19 times in Scripture
Origin: a primitive root;
Read it in context & ask Abram about this wordWhere it appears
Genesis — 2×
Leviticus — 2×
Deuteronomy — 1×
Judges — 1×
1 Kings — 1×
Job — 1×
Proverbs — 1×
Ecclesiastes — 1×
Isaiah — 1×
Jeremiah — 2×
Ezekiel — 1×
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