What does יָנַח mean in the Bible?
יָנַח is a Hebrew word meaning "to deposit ; by implication, to allow to stay".
Hebrew · H3240
יָנַח
To deposit ; by implication, to allow to stay
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יָנַחH3240
What does יָנַח mean in the Bible?
יָנַח is a Hebrew word meaning "to deposit ; by implication, to allow to stay".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3240?
H3240 is connected to 75 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. to deposit ; by implication, to allow to stay
Source Gloss
to deposit ; by implication, to allow to stay
Extended definitionSource: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
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.)
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups2Aligned forms25
Hiphilcausative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action24×
Perfect1Chr 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 5:710×
Sequential imperfect1Kgs 13:31 · 2Kgs 23:18 · 2Sam 16:11 · Exod 16:23 · Gen 42:33 · Hos 4:176×
ImperfectEccl 10:4 · Lev 7:15 · Ezek 42:13 · Ezek 42:144×
JussiveEccl 7:18 · Eccl 10:4 · Eccl 11:63×
Participle activeEccl 5:111×
Hophalcausative passive — the subject is caused to perform the action1×
Participle passiveEzek 41:91×
Word Origins
יָנַח is a primitive root - no further derivation.