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Judges 16:19
“And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3462 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- old (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- תְּיַשְּׁנֵ֨ — verb Piel, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular
- הוּ֙ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 21 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:21Genesis 41:5Leviticus 13:11Leviticus 26:10Deuteronomy 4:25
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 יָשֵׁן 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.