Lexical Definition

‎יָשָׁן‎ yâshân (yaw-shawn') (Gate of) Yeshanah ^H:A
from ‎יָשֵׁן‎

old.

• old

1) old, store, storage

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יָשָׁן‎ adjective old (originally, as it seems, withered, flabby , like a lifeless plant with top hanging down, as if in sleep; compare Niph`al above, and Late Hebrew ‎יָשַׁן‎ Pi`ellet a thing grow old ) — ‎יָשָׁן‎ Lev 25:22 + 3 t.; feminine ‎יָשָׁנָה‎ Isa 22:11 + 2 t.; plural ‎יְשָׁנִים‎ Song 7:14* — old: ‎הַבְּרֵכָה‎ ‎הַיְשָׁנָה‎ Isa 22:11 ‎שַׁעַר הַיְשָׁנָה‎ Neh 3:6 so Neh 12:39 of choice fruits, Song 7:14* (opposed to ‎חדשׁ‎); substantive old harvest, store, Lev 25:22 (twice in verse); Lev 26:12 (twice in verse) (H; opposed to ‎חדשׁ‎).

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