Word Study · Strong's H3463 · Hebrew
יָשֵׁן
yashen
yaw-shane'
Strong's 1890 spelling: yâshên
“sleepy”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
sleepy
Rendered in the KJV as
asleep, (one out of) sleep(-eth, -ing), slept.
- 9occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 9inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 9 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 9
- יָשֵׁן֙1
- יָשֵׁ֥ן1
- יָשֵׁ֣ן1
- יְשֵׁנָ֔ה1
- יְשֵׁנָ֖ה1
- יְשֵׁנִ֔ים1
- יְשֵׁנִֽים׃1
- כְּיָשֵׁ֥ן׀1
- מִיְּשֵׁנֵ֥י1
How it is rendered · 7
- [is] sleeping2
- [was] sleeping2
- [were] sleeping1
- like a sleeper1
- of [the] sleepers of1
- sleepers1
- sleeping1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 5
- adjective · masculine singular3
- adjective · feminine singular2
- adjective · masculine plural2
- preposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + adjective · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HAamsa · 3
- HAafsa · 2
- HAampa · 2
- HR/Aampc · 1
- HR/Aamsa · 1
All 9, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Samuel2 of 9 · 22%
- 1 Kings2 of 9 · 22%
- Song of Solomon2 of 9 · 22%
- Psalms1 of 9 · 11%
- Daniel1 of 9 · 11%
1 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 26:7יָשֵׁן֙yashenadjective · masculine singularThat 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.here: sleeping
- 1 Samuel 26:12יְשֵׁנִ֔יםyeshenimadjective · masculine pluralSo 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.here: [were] sleeping
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 3:20יְשֵׁנָ֔הyeshenahadjective · feminine singularSo 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.here: [was] sleeping
- 1 Kings 18:27יָשֵׁ֥ןyashenadjective · masculine singularAt 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!”here: [is] sleeping
Song of Solomon2 occurrences
- Song of Solomon 5:2יְשֵׁנָ֖הyeshenahadjective · feminine singularI sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”here: [was] sleeping
- Song of Solomon 7:9יְשֵׁנִֽים׃yeshenimadjective · masculine pluraland your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.here: sleepers
Same headword in Strong's