yashan · old

What it means

yashan (יָשָׁן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “old”.

Of before; said of last year's stored harvest, and of an old gate or pool.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. What comes from long before: stored harvest or an old pool.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Leviticus×4
• Nehemiah×1
• Song of Songs×1
• Isaiah×1

• Leviticus 25:22

  And you shall sow in the eighth year and eat from the old produce; until the ninth year, until its produce comes in, you shall eat the old.

• Leviticus 26:10

  And you will eat old grain long stored, and you will clear out the old to make room for the new.

• Nehemiah 3:6

  And the Old Gate Joiada the son of Paseah and Meshullam the son of Besodeiah repaired; they laid its beams and set up its doors, its locks, and its bars.

• Song of Songs 7:13

  The mandrakes give fragrance, and at our doors are every kind of choice fruit, new and also old; my beloved, for you I have stored them up.

• Isaiah 22:11

  And a reservoir you made between the two walls for the waters of the old pool; but you did not look to the one who made it, and the one who formed it from afar you did not see.

And 2 more times.