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Lexicon :: Strong's H3240 - yānaḥ

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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 BoxGen 2:15 - Then the LORD God took the man and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate it and keep it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:16 - But he hesitated. So the men seized his hand and the hand of his wife and the [fn]hands of his two daughters, for the compassion of the LORD was upon him; and they brought him out, and put him outside the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 39:16 - So she [fn]left his garment beside her until his master came home.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:33 - “The man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me and take grain for the famine of your households, and go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:23 - then he said to them, “This is what the LORD [fn]meant: Tomorrow is a sabbath observance, a holy sabbath to the LORD. Bake what you will bake and boil what you will boil, and all that is left over [fn]put aside to be kept until morning.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:24 - So they [fn]put it aside until morning, as Moses had ordered, and it did not become foul nor was there any worm in it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:33 - Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar and put an omerful of manna in it, and place it before the LORD to be kept throughout your generations.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:34 - As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the Testimony, to be kept.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:10 - “Now then let Me alone, that My anger may burn against them and that I may destroy them; and I will make of you a great nation.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 7:15 - ‘Now as for the flesh of the sacrifice of his thanksgiving peace offerings, it shall be eaten on the day of his offering; he shall not leave any of it over until morning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 16:23 - “Then Aaron shall come into the tent of meeting and take off the linen garments which he put on when he went into the holy place, and shall leave them there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:12 - They put him in [fn]custody [fn]so that the command of the LORD might be made clear to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:34 - and they put him in [fn]custody because it had not been [fn]declared what should be done to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:4 - “You shall then deposit them in the tent of meeting in front of the testimony, where I meet with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:7 - So Moses deposited the rods before the LORD in the tent of the testimony.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 19:9 - ‘Now a man who is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer and deposit them outside the camp in a clean place, and [fn]the congregation of the sons of Israel shall keep it as water to remove impurity; it is [fn]purification from sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:15 - “For if you turn away from following Him, He will once more abandon them in the wilderness, and you will destroy all these people.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 14:28 - “At the end of every third year you shall bring out all the tithe of your produce in that year, and shall deposit it in your [fn]town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:4 - “Then the priest shall take the basket from your hand and set it down before the altar of the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 26:10 - ‘Now behold, I have brought the first of the produce of the ground which You, O LORD have given me.’ And you shall set it down before the LORD your God, and worship before the LORD your God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:3 - and command them, saying, ‘Take up for yourselves twelve stones from here out of the middle of the Jordan, from the place where the priests’ feet are standing firm, and carry them over with you and lay them down in the lodging place where you will lodge tonight.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:8 - Thus the sons of Israel did as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones from the middle of the Jordan, just as the LORD spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the lodging place and put them down there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - So the young men who were spies went in and brought out Rahab and her father and her mother and her brothers and all she had; they also brought out all her relatives and placed them outside the camp of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:23 - So the LORD allowed those nations to remain, not driving them out quickly; and He did not give them into the hand of Joshua.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:1 - Now these are the nations which the LORD left, to test Israel by them (that is, all who had not [fn]experienced any of the wars of Canaan;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:18 - “Please do not depart from here, until I come back to You, and bring out my offering and lay it before You.” And He said, “I will remain until you return.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:20 - The angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread and lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And he did so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:26 - Then Samson said to the boy who was holding his hand, “Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean against them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18 - and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages. The large [fn]stone on which they set the ark of the LORD is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:25 - Then Samuel told the people the ordinances of the kingdom, and wrote them in the book and placed it before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each one to his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:11 - Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my son who came out from [fn]me seeks my life; how much more now this Benjamite? Let him alone and let him curse, for the LORD has told him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:21 - Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Go in to your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father. The hands of all who are with you will also be strengthened.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:3 - Then David came to his house at Jerusalem, and the king took the ten women, the concubines whom he had left to keep the house, and placed them under guard and provided them with sustenance, but did not go in to them. So they were shut up until the day of their death, living as widows.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:47 - Solomon left all the utensils unweighed, because they were too many; the weight of the bronze could not be ascertained.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:9 - There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, where the LORD made a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:29 - So the prophet took up the body of the man of God and laid it on the donkey and brought it back, and he came to the city of the old prophet to mourn and to bury him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:30 - He laid his body in his own grave, and they mourned over him, saying, “Alas, my brother!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 13:31 - After he had buried him, he spoke to his sons, saying, “When I die, bury me in the grave in which the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 19:3 - And he [fn]was afraid and arose and ran for his [fn]life and came to Beersheba, which belongs to Judah, and left his servant there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:29 - But every nation still made gods of its own and put them in the houses of the high places which the people of Samaria had made, every nation in their cities in which they lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:18 - He said, “Let him alone; let no one disturb his bones.” So they [fn]left his bones undisturbed with the bones of the prophet who came from Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:21 - He permitted no man to oppress them,
And He reproved kings for their sakes, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 1:14 - Solomon amassed chariots and horsemen. He had 1,400 chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:8 - He also made ten tables and placed them in the temple, five on the right side and five on the left. And he made one hundred golden bowls.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:25 - Now Solomon had 4,000 stalls for horses and chariots and 12,000 horsemen, and he stationed them in the chariot cities and with the king in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 3:8 - Then Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of all other people and they do not observe the king’s laws, so it is not in the king’s interest to let them remain.

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From men [fn]of the world, whose portion is in this life,
And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And leave their abundance to their babes.

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And He reproved kings for their sakes:

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I have done justice and righteousness;
Do not leave me to my oppressors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:18 - Thus I hated all the fruit of my labor for which I had labored under the sun, for I must leave it to the man who will come after me.

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