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יָשִׁישׁ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H3453

aged — used 4 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

aged tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

יָשִׁישׁ: adj. aged tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. aged, only Jb (NH once יָשִׁישִׁים old, venerable men, Levy Jastr);—abs. יָשִׁישׁ Jb 15:10; pl. יְשִׁישִׁים 32:6 + 2 times;—aged, as pred. adj. Jb 32:6 (opp. צָעִיר לְיָמִים); as subst. 15:10 (‖ שָׂב); 29:8 (opp. נערים); בִּישִׁישִׁים חָכְמָה 12:12 among aged men is wisdom (‖ אֹרֶךְ יָמִים תְּבוּנָה).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (15 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [are] aged (1); [the] aged (1); aged [men] (1).

In the verses

Job 12:12 · tree →

בִּֽישִׁישִׁ֥ים חָכְמָ֑ה וְאֹ֖רֶךְ יָמִ֣ים תְּבוּנָֽה׃

Word for word: [is].with aged.[people] wisdom and [is.with].length of.days understanding

JPS 1917: Is wisdom with aged men, and understanding in length of days? —

Job 29:8 · tree →

רָא֣וּנִי נְעָרִ֣ים וְנֶחְבָּ֑אוּ וִֽ֝ישִׁישִׁים קָ֣מוּ עָמָֽדוּ׃

Word for word: they saw.me young.men and they.hid.themselves and aged.[men] they.rose they.stood

JPS 1917: The young men saw me and hid themselves, and the aged rose up and stood;

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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