Hebrew · H3240 · unreviewed

יָנַח

To deposit ; by implication, to allow to stay

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יָנַח H3240

What does יָנַח mean in the Bible?

יָנַח is a Hebrew word meaning "to deposit ; by implication, to allow to stay". to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay BDB: rest Usage: bestow, cast down, lay (down, up), leave (off), let alone (remain), pacify, place, put, set (down), suffer, withdraw, withhold.

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Meaning

to deposit ; by implication, to allow to stay
Extended definition

to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay BDB: rest Usage: 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 5117, and the others here.)

Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Grammatical Forms

How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.

Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 24×
Perfect 1Chr 16:21 · 1Kgs 8:9 · 2Sam 16:21 · 2Sam 20:3 · Isa 28:2 · Jer 43:6 · Judg 3:1 · Ps 105:14 · 1Sam 6:18 · Amos 5:7 10×
Sequential imperfect 1Kgs 13:31 · 2Kgs 23:18 · 2Sam 16:11 · Exod 16:23 · Gen 42:33 · Hos 4:17
Imperfect Eccl 10:4 · Lev 7:15 · Ezek 42:13 · Ezek 42:14
Jussive Eccl 7:18 · Eccl 10:4 · Eccl 11:6
Participle active Eccl 5:11
Hophal causative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action
Participle passive Ezek 41:9
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