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Lexicon :: Strong's H3240 - yānaḥ

Aa
יָנַח
Transliteration
yānaḥ
Pronunciation
yaw-nakh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1323

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: ינח.

Strong’s Definitions

יָנַח yânach, yaw-nakh'; a primitive root; to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay:—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.)

KJV Translation Count — Total: 75x

The KJV translates Strong's H3240 in the following manner: leave (24x), up (10x), lay (8x), suffer (5x), place (4x), put (4x), set (4x), ...down (4x), let alone (4x), ...him (2x), bestowed (1x), leave off (1x), pacifieth (1x), still (1x), withdraw (1x), withhold (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 75x
The KJV translates Strong's H3240 in the following manner: leave (24x), up (10x), lay (8x), suffer (5x), place (4x), put (4x), set (4x), ...down (4x), let alone (4x), ...him (2x), bestowed (1x), leave off (1x), pacifieth (1x), still (1x), withdraw (1x), withhold (1x).

  1. to rest

    1. (Qal)

      1. to rest, settle down and remain

      2. to repose, have rest, be quiet

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to cause to rest, give rest to, make quiet

      2. to cause to rest, cause to alight, set down

      3. to lay or set down, deposit, let lie, place

      4. to let remain, leave

      5. to leave, depart from

      6. to abandon

      7. to permit

    3. (Hophal)

      1. to obtain rest, be granted rest

      2. to be left, be placed

      3. open space (subst)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָנַח yânach, yaw-nakh'; a primitive root; to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay:—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.)
STRONGS H3240: Abbreviations
יָנַח verb rest
(Hiph. cont.)
B. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִנִּיחַ Judges 3:1 +, הִנִּחַ 1 Kings 8:9, suffix וְהִנִּיחוֺ Deuteronomy 26:4, וְהִנִּיחָם Leviticus 16:23 both consecutive; 2rd person masculine singular וְהִנַּחְתָּ֫ Deuteronomy 14:28, suffix וְהִנַּחְתּוֺ Deuteronomy 26:10 consecutive, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַנִּיחַ Leviticus 7:15, וַיַּנַּח Judges 2:23 +, suffix וַיַּנִּיחֵהוּ Exodus 16:34; 3rd person feminine singular וַתַּנַּח Genesis 39:16; 2rd person masculinesingular jussive אַלתַּֿנַּח Ecclesiastes 7:18 2 times, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הַנַּח Hosea 4:7 2 times , הַנִּ֫יחָה Exodus 32:10; Judges 16:26, etc.; Infinitive construct suffix לְהַנִּיחוֺ Numbers 32:15, לְהַנִּיחָם Esther 3:8; Participle מַנִּיחַ Ecclesiastes 5:11; —
1. lay or set down, deposit, let lie, with accusative of thing, usually + word of place: stones at ford of Jordan Joshua 4:3, Joshua 4:8 (JE), ark 1 Samuel 6:18, garments Genesis 39:16 (J), Leviticus 16:23 (P), Ezekiel 42:14; Ezekiel 44:19; compare Exodus 16:23, Exodus 16:24, Exodus 16:33, Exodus 16:34; Numbers 17:19 [Numbers 17:4]; Numbers 17:22 [Numbers 17:7] (all P), Deuteronomy 26:4, Deuteronomy 26:10; 1 Kings 8:9; 1 Kings 13:31; Ezekiel 40:42; Ezekiel 42:13; so, accusative omitted, Judges 6:18, Judges 6:20; Deuteronomy 14:28; Numbers 19:9 (P), 1 Samuel 10:25; place, put, followed by accusative of person + local modification, Genesis 2:15 (J), Genesis 19:16 (J), Joshua 6:23 (JE), Leviticus 24:12; Numbers 15:34 (both P), Isaiah 14:1; Isaiah 46:7; Ezekiel 37:14; probably also Zechariah 5:11 (read וְהִנִּיחֻהָ, see Ges§ 72ee); read וַיַּנִּיחֵם also [H5148 2 Kings 18:11] (Greek Version of the LXX ἔθετο; for MT וַיַּנְחֵם; compare וַיּשֶׁב אוֺתָם || [H3427 2 Kings 17:6]); place corpse on (אֶלֿ ) ass 1 Kings 13:29, in grave 1 Kings 13:30; horsemen and chariots in cities 2 Chronicles 1:14; 2 Chronicles 9:25, so read also || [H5148 1 Kings 10:26] (Greek Version of the LXX ἔθετο; for MT וַיַּנְחֵם); tables in temple 2 Chronicles 4:8; idols in shrines 2 Kings 17:29 (accusative omitted). Here belongs perhaps also וְגַם מִזֶּה אַלתַּֿנַּח אֶתיָֿדֶ֑ךָ Ecclesiastes 7:18 and also from this do not lest thy hand lie (idle), i.e. engage in it, compare Ecclesiastes 11:6; lay down forcibly, thrust down הִנִּיחַ לָאָרֶץ בְּיָד֑ Isaiah 28:2, compare Amos 5:7; perhaps also Ezekiel 22:20 (absolute; but strike out Co Berthol, after Greek Version of the LXX).
2. let remain, leave (in present condition), object nations Judges 2:23; Judges 3:1; Jeremiah 27:11, people in wilderness Numbers 32:15 (JE); וְהִנִּיחוּךְ עֵירֹם וְעֶרְיָה Ezekiel 16:39; followed by accusative of thing Leviticus 7:15; 1 Kings 7:47 (leave unweighed); leave behind followed by accusative of person Genesis 42:33 (E), 2 Samuel 16:21; 2 Samuel 20:3; 1 Kings 19:3; Jeremiah 43:6; + אֶתמְּֿנֵי [H5148 1 Samuel 22:4] (read וַיַּנִּחֵם, for MT וַיַּנְחֵם, and he left them with Syriac Version Targum Vulgate We Dr Klo Bu Löhr HPS; leave name, for a curse Isaiah 65:15; leave or bequeath to (ל), with accusative of thing, Psalm 17:14; Ecclesiastes 2:18.
3. leave = depart from, מְקוֺמְךָ אַלתַּֿנַּח Ecclesiastes 10:4 do not leave thy place.
4. abandon, followed by accusative of person Jeremiah 14:9; בַּלתַּֿנִּיחֵנִי לְעשְׁקַ֑י Psalm 119:121 abandon me not to my oppressors.
5. let alone (refrain from interfering with), followed by ל person Exodus 32:10 (J E; object י׳ ), Hosea 4:17; 2 Samuel 16:11; 2 Kings 23:18; followed by accusative of person Esther 3:8; = avoid יַנִּיחַ חֲטָאִים גְּדוֺלִים Ecclesiastes 10:4 (but read perhaps יָנִיחַ, causeth to rest = allayeth compare Wild).
6. permit, with accusative of person Judges 16:26; + infinitive לֹא הִנִּיחַ אָדָם לְעָשְׁקָם Psalm 105:14 = 1 Chronicles 16:21, but here הִנִּיחַ לְאִישׁ, compare מַנִּיחַ לוֺ לִישׁוֺן Ecclesiastes 5:11 [Ecclesiastes 5:12].
Hoph.
A. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הוּנַּחלָֿ֑נוּ [H5117 Lamentations 5:5] i.e.no rest is granted to us; for 3rd person feminine singular וְהֻנִ֫יחָה Zechariah 5:11 [so Baer Ginsb; van d. H. והֻנּ׳] read probably וְהִנִּיחֻהָ see above Hiph. B. 1.
B. Participle מֻנָּ֔ח as substantive = space left, open space Ezekiel 41:9, Ezekiel 41:11 (twice in verse).

See top section of this BDB entry H5117.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:15; 19:16; 39:16; 39:16; 42:33

Exodus

16:23; 16:24; 16:33; 16:34; 16:34; 32:10; 32:10

Leviticus

7:15; 7:15; 16:23; 16:23; 24:12

Numbers

15:34; 17:4; 17:7; 19:9; 32:15; 32:15

Deuteronomy

14:28; 14:28; 26:4; 26:4; 26:10; 26:10

Joshua

4:3; 4:8; 6:23

Judges

2:23; 2:23; 3:1; 3:1; 6:18; 6:20; 16:26; 16:26

1 Samuel

6:18; 10:25

2 Samuel

16:11; 16:21; 20:3

1 Kings

7:47; 8:9; 8:9; 13:29; 13:30; 13:31; 19:3

2 Kings

17:29; 23:18

1 Chronicles

16:21

2 Chronicles

1:14; 4:8; 9:25

Esther

3:8; 3:8

Psalms

17:14; 105:14; 119:121

Ecclesiastes

2:18; 5:11; 5:11; 5:12; 7:18; 7:18; 10:4; 10:4; 11:6

Isaiah

14:1; 28:2; 46:7; 65:15

Jeremiah

14:9; 27:11; 43:6

Ezekiel

16:39; 22:20; 37:14; 40:42; 41:9; 41:11; 42:13; 42:14; 44:19

Hosea

4:7; 4:17

Amos

5:7

Zechariah

5:11; 5:11

H3240

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3240 matches the Hebrew יָנַח (yānaḥ),
which occurs 75 times in 73 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 5:12 - The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will H3240 not suffer H3240 him to sleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:18 - It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from this withdraw H3240 not thine hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth of them all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:4 - If the spirit of the ruler rise up against thee, leave H3240 not thy place; for yielding pacifieth H3240 great offences.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 11:6 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold H3240 not thine hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:1 - For the LORD will have mercy on Jacob, and will yet choose Israel, and set them H3240 in their own land: and the strangers shall be joined with them, and they shall cleave to the house of Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:2 - Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as a flood of mighty waters overflowing, shall cast down H3240 to the earth with the hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:7 - They bear him upon the shoulder, they carry him, and set him H3240 in his place, and he standeth; from his place shall he not remove: yea, one shall cry unto him, yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:15 - And ye shall leave H3240 your name for a curse unto my chosen: for the Lord GOD shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:9 - Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save? yet thou, O LORD, art in the midst of us, and we are called by thy name; leave us H3240 not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:11 - But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still H3240 in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 43:6 - Even men, and women, and children, and the king's daughters, and every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left H3240 with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:39

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:39 - And I will also give thee into their hand, and they shall throw down thine eminent place, and shall break down thy high places: they shall strip thee also of thy clothes, and shall take thy fair jewels, and leave thee H3240 naked and bare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:20 - As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave H3240 you there, and melt you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:14 - And shall put my spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place H3240 you in your own land: then shall ye know that I the LORD have spoken it, and performed it, saith the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:42

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:42 - And the four tables were of hewn stone for the burnt offering, of a cubit and an half long, and a cubit and an half broad, and one cubit high: whereupon also they laid H3240 the instruments wherewith they slew the burnt offering and the sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:9 - The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and that which was left H3240 was the place of the side chambers that were within.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:11 - And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, H3240 one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left H3240 was five cubits round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:13 - Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay H3240 the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:14 - When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay H3240 their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:19 - And when they go forth into the utter court, even into the utter court to the people, they shall put off their garments wherein they ministered, and lay H3240 them in the holy chambers, and they shall put on other garments; and they shall not sanctify the people with their garments.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:17 - Ephraim is joined to idols: let H3240 him alone. H3240

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:7 - Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off H3240 righteousness in the earth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:11

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 5:11 - And he said unto me, To build it an house in the land of Shinar: and it shall be established, and set H3240 there upon her own base.

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