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1 Kings 13:30
“And he laid his carcase in his own grave; and they mourned over him, saying, Alas, my brother!” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
יָנַחyânach · yaw-nakh'
H3240 · Hebrew
H3240 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- bestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold. (The Hiphil forms with the dagesh are here referred to, in accordance with the older grammarians; but if any distinction of the kind is to be made, these should rather be referred to H5117 (נוּחַ), and the others here.)
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יַּנַּ֥ח — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 75 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:15Genesis 19:16Genesis 39:16Genesis 42:33Exodus 16:23
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יָנַח here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.