What does יָשֵׁן · מָוֶת mean in the Bible?
יָשֵׁן · מָוֶת is a Hebrew phrase meaning "sleep of death, die".
Hebrew · H3462, H4194
אִישַׁן הַמָּוֶת
Properly, to be slack or languid , i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die ); also to grow old , stale or inveterate · death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead , their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence , ruin
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יָשֵׁן H3462 properly, to be slack or languid , i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die ); also to grow old , stale or inveterate
מָוֶת H4194 death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead , their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence , ruin
Pronunciation mavet
Death as ultimate enemy and boundary: encompasses natural mortality, violent end, and the abode of the dead as theological threat to covenant life
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What does אִישַׁן הַמָּוֶת (ishan hammavet) mean in the Bible?
יָשֵׁן · מָוֶת is a Hebrew phrase meaning "sleep of death, die".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3462, H4194?
H3462, H4194 is connected to 179 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. sleep of death, die
Source Gloss
sleep of death, die
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 groups 2 Aligned forms 10
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 6×
Imperfect Isa 5:27 · Ps 121:4 · Prov 4:16 · Ps 13:4 · Ps 44:24 5×
Perfect Job 3:13 1×
Niphal passive or reflexive — the subject receives or experiences the action 2×
Participle active Lev 13:11 1×
Participle passive Lev 26:10 1×
Word Origins
אִישַׁן הַמָּוֶת is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain