ישן
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Hebrew
[edit]Adjective
[edit]יָשָׁן • (yashán) (feminine יְשָׁנָה, masculine plural יְשָׁנִים, feminine plural יְשָׁנוֹת)
Usage notes
[edit]- This adjective is never used to refer to an elderly person or an old animal. In that specific sense the adjective זָקֵן (zakén) is used instead.
Derived terms
[edit]- יָשָׁן נוֹשָׁן (yashán noshán)
References
[edit]Verb
[edit]יָשַׁן • (yashán) (pa'al construction, infinitive לישון / לִישֹׁן, present יָשֵׁן, future יִישַׁן, imperative יְשַׁן)
- to sleep, to be asleep
- Tanach, Psalms 121:4, with translation of the New International Version:
- הִנֵּה לֹא־יָנוּם וְלֹא יִישָׁן שׁוֹמֵר יִשְׂרָאֵל.
- hiné lo yanúm vəlo yishán shomér yisraél.
- Indeed, he who watches over Israel never slumbers or sleeps.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of יָשַׁן (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms |
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finite forms | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||
past | first | יָשַׁנְתִּי | יָשַׁנּוּ | ||
second | יָשַׁנְתָּ | יָשַׁנְתְּ | יְשַׁנְתֶּם1 | יְשַׁנְתֶּן1 | |
third | יָשַׁן | יָשְׁנָה | יָשְׁנוּ | ||
present | יָשֵׁן | יְשֵׁנָה | יְשֵׁנִים | יְשֵׁנוֹת | |
future | first | אִישַׁן | נִישַׁן | ||
second | תִּישַׁן | תִּישְׁנִי | תִּישְׁנוּ | תִּישַׁנָּה2 | |
third | יִישַׁן | תִּישַׁן | יִישְׁנוּ | תִּישַׁנָּה2 | |
imperative | יְשַׁן | יִשְׁנִי | יִשְׁנוּ | יְשַׁנָּה2 | |
notes |
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Synonyms
[edit]- נָם (nám)
References
[edit]H3462 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible