יָשֵׁן
yāšēn
sleeping
Strong's H3463AdjectiveHebrewTWOT 928a

יָשֵׁן (yāšēn) is a Hebrew adjective meaning sleeping. It appears 7 times in 6 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3463).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 928a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 928a)sleeping; sleepy; asleep, sleep, slept
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

יָשֵׁן adjective: sleeping

Strong's H3463 יָשֵׁן: sleepy
KJV:asleep, (one out of) sleep(-eth, -ing), slept.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 928: יָשֵׁן yāšēn — sleep; go to sleep; become inactive, stationary; be slack, languid, die, grow old, stale, inveterate; old, remain long

See it in Scripture

1 Samuel 26:71 Kings 3:20Psalms 78:65

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