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Leviticus 24:12

“And they put him in ward, that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יָנַחyânach · yaw-nakh'
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
יַּנִּיחֻ֖ — verb Hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
הוּ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Vhw3mp/Sp3ms
Usage: Occurs 75 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:15 Genesis 19:16 Genesis 39:16 Genesis 42:33 Exodus 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.

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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.