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יָנַח

𐤉𐤍𐤇

yânach

H3240 verb

SILEX Entry

Definition

To set down, place, put, or lay an object in a particular location, either physically or figuratively; by extension, to leave, allow to remain, permit to stay, or withdraw from. In various contexts it can indicate depositing or assigning responsibility, allowing cessation from activity, or leaving something or someone undisturbed.

Semantic Range

to set down, to place, to lay, to deposit, to leave (behind), to allow to remain, to withdraw from, to allow, to let alone, to cause to cease, to withhold

Root / Etymology

From the root יָנַח, a primary verb in Biblical Hebrew meaning 'to put, to set.' The root conveys the act of placing or causing something to rest at a destination. Some morphological overlap exists with נוּחַ (nuach, 'to rest, repose') in later forms, and earlier grammarians sometimes conflated Hiphil forms of יָנַח with those of נוּחַ. In its basic usage, however, יָנַח denotes the act of intentionally putting or leaving something somewhere.

Historical & Contextual Notes

יָנַח occurs most frequently in narratives and legal contexts describing the placement or deposition of physical objects (e.g., Gen 2:15: 'YHWH Elohim took the human and set him in the garden of Eden'). It may also refer to 'leaving' in the sense of allowing to remain, as with leaving land fallow (e.g., Exod 23:11). Distinct from שָׂם (sam, 'to put, set'), which is more broadly used, יָנַח usually implies placing with the intent to leave or withdraw from the object. In some instances, the verb has a figurative or extended sense: e.g., 'withhold' (Lev 16:23: the High Priest 'removes the garments and leaves them there'), 'withdraw from,' or 'permit to rest.' The shift into the meanings 'allow, suffer, let alone,' especially in legal or narrative settings, demonstrates a semantic extension from physical placement to permission or cessation. Later Jewish translations sometimes render the word as 'leave' or 'allow,' while some early English translations opted for 'let,' 'suffer,' or 'withdraw,' which may obscure its concrete spatial connotation.

Translation Consistency

primary "set" 36 occurrences

Most frequent and natural rendering in the corpus for yânach’s primary meaning of putting/placing/laying down or depositing. 'Set' is flexible enough to handle the extended senses (leave/allow to remain, withdraw, let alone) while remaining concise and idiomatic, and it supports consistent inflection across all forms.

Alternatives (14 occurrences):
"leave" (4x) "placed" (2x) "left" (2x) "laid up" (1x) "me alone" (1x) "place" (1x) "lay up" (1x) "forsake" (1x) "remain" (1x)

Original Strong's Gloss (1890)

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 נוּחַ, and the others here.)

Bantu Hebrew

No Bantu Hebrew comparisons have been recorded for this word yet.

Root Family

ינח (yânach) — to put, set, place, deposit, leave

Root ינח to put, set, place, deposit, leave

Word Forms

39 distinct forms

SIDANCE Surface Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2 Occurrences
H3240-05 הִנִּ֤יחַ hinicha HVhp3ms had left he set down he set down 8
H3240-17 וַ/יַּנַּ֤ח vayanach HC/Vhw3ms and he laid and he set down and he set down 7
H3240-04 הַנִּ֖יחוּ hanichu HVhv2mp Let him alone set down set down (you plural) 5
H3240-13 תַּנַּ֣ח tanach HVhj2ms leave may you cause to place leave 3
H3240-18 וַ/יַּנִּחֵ֥/הוּ vayanichehu HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3ms and-he-placed-it and he set him down and he set him down 3
H3240-20 וַ/יַּנִּ֣יחוּ vayanichu HC/Vhw3mp and they left and they set down and they set down 3
H3240-27 וְ/הִנַּחְתִּ֥י vehinacheti HC/Vhq1cs and I will deposit and I caused to set down and I caused to set down 3
H3240-03 הַנִּ֣יחָ/ה hanichah HVhv2ms/Sh let Set down let me alone 2
H3240-06 הִנִּ֤יחוּ hinichu HVhp3cp leave off they set down they set down 2
H3240-19 וַ/יַּנִּיחֵ/ם֙ vayanichem HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3mp and he stationed them and he set them down and he stationed them 2

Occurrences in Scripture

75 occurrences

SIDANCE Reference Word Transliteration Morphology Common SIBI-P1 SIBI-P2
H3240-18 Genesis 2:15 וַ/יַּנִּחֵ֣/הוּ vayanichehu HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3ms and placed him and he set him down and he set him down
H3240-21 Genesis 19:16 וַ/יַּנִּחֻ֖/הוּ vayanichuhu HC/Vhw3mp/Sp3ms and set him and they placed him and they placed him
H3240-16 Genesis 39:16 וַ/תַּנַּ֥ח vatanach HC/Vhw3fs And she laid up and she placed and she laid up
H3240-04 Genesis 42:33 הַנִּ֣יחוּ hanichu HVhv2mp leave set down leave
H3240-04 Exodus 16:23 הַנִּ֧יחוּ hanichu HVhv2mp put aside set down set down (you plural)
H3240-20 Exodus 16:24 וַ/יַּנִּ֤יחוּ vayanichu HC/Vhw3mp and they left and they set down and they set down
H3240-23 Exodus 16:33 וְ/הַנַּ֤ח vehanach HC/Vhv2ms and lay and set down and set down
H3240-18 Exodus 16:34 וַ/יַּנִּיחֵ֧/הוּ vayanichehu HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3ms and-he-placed-it and he set him down and he set it down
H3240-03 Exodus 32:10 הַנִּ֣יחָ/ה hanichah HVhv2ms/Sh let me alone Set down let me alone
H3240-38 Leviticus 7:15 יַנִּ֥יחַ yanicha HVhi3ms shall he leave he will set down it will leave
H3240-31 Leviticus 16:23 וְ/הִנִּיחָ֖/ם vehinicham HC/Vhq3ms/Sp3mp and shall leave them and he caused them to be set down and he caused them to be set down
H3240-21 Leviticus 24:12 וַ/יַּנִּיחֻ֖/הוּ vayanichuhu HC/Vhw3mp/Sp3ms and they placed him and they placed him and they placed him
H3240-20 Numbers 15:34 וַ/יַּנִּ֥יחוּ vayanichu HC/Vhw3mp and they put and they set down and they set down
H3240-25 Numbers 17:19 וְ/הִנַּחְתָּ֖/ם vehinachetam HC/Vhq2ms/Sp3mp and you shall place them and you will set them down and you shall place them
H3240-17 Numbers 17:22 וַ/יַּנַּ֥ח vayanach HC/Vhw3ms and Moses laid and he set down and he set down
H3240-30 Numbers 19:9 וְ/הִנִּ֛יחַ vehinicha HC/Vhq3ms and-shall-deposit and he set down and he shall set down
H3240-09 Numbers 32:15 לְ/הַנִּיח֖/וֹ lehanicho HR/Vhc/Sp3ms leave them to set him down to leave them
H3240-24 Deuteronomy 14:28 וְ/הִנַּחְתָּ֖ vehinacheta HC/Vhq2ms and you shall lay up and you shall set down and you shall lay up
H3240-32 Deuteronomy 26:4 וְ/הִ֨נִּיח֔/וֹ vehinicho HC/Vhq3ms/Sp3ms and shall set it and he placed him and shall set it
H3240-29 Deuteronomy 26:10 וְ/הִנַּחְתּ֗/וֹ vehinacheto HC/Vhq2ms/Sp3ms and-you-shall-set-it-down and you set him down and you set it down
H3240-26 Joshua 4:3 וְ/הִנַּחְתֶּ֣ם vehinachetem HC/Vhq2mp and lay and you set down and you set down
H3240-22 Joshua 4:8 וַ/יַּנִּח֖וּ/ם vayanichum HC/Vhw3mp/Sp3mp and they set them down and they caused them to be placed and they set them
H3240-22 Joshua 6:23 וַ/יַּ֨נִּיח֔וּ/ם vayanichum HC/Vhw3mp/Sp3mp and they set them and they caused them to be placed and they set them
H3240-17 Judges 2:23 וַ/יַּנַּ֤ח vayanach HC/Vhw3ms and-left and he set down and it set down
H3240-05 Judges 3:1 הִנִּ֣יחַ hinicha HVhp3ms left he set down he set down
H3240-27 Judges 6:18 וְ/הִנַּחְתִּ֖י vehinacheti HC/Vhq1cs and I will set [it] and I caused to set down and I will set down
H3240-23 Judges 6:20 וְ/הַנַּח֙ vehanach HC/Vhv2ms and lay and set down and set down
H3240-03 Judges 16:26 הַנִּ֣יחָ/ה hanichah HVhv2ms/Sh let Set down set me down
H3240-06 1 Samuel 6:18 הִנִּ֤יחוּ hinichu HVhp3cp they set down they set down they set down
H3240-17 1 Samuel 10:25 וַ/יַּנַּ֖ח vayanach HC/Vhw3ms and laid and he set down and he set down
H3240-04 2 Samuel 16:11 הַנִּ֤חוּ hanichu HVhv2mp Let him alone set down set down (you plural)
H3240-05 2 Samuel 16:21 הִנִּ֖יחַ hinicha HVhp3ms he has left he set down he has left
H3240-05 2 Samuel 20:3 הִנִּיחַ֩ hinicha HVhp3ms he-had-left he set down he set down
H3240-17 1 Kings 7:47 וַ/יַּנַּ֤ח vayanach HC/Vhw3ms left and he set down and he set down
H3240-05 1 Kings 8:9 הִנִּ֥חַ hinicha HVhp3ms Moses placed he set down he set down
H3240-18 1 Kings 13:29 וַ/יַּנִּחֵ֥/הוּ vayanichehu HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3ms and laid it and he set him down and he set him down
H3240-17 1 Kings 13:30 וַ/יַּנַּ֥ח vayanach HC/Vhw3ms and he laid and he set down and he set down
H3240-04 1 Kings 13:31 הַנִּ֖יחוּ hanichu HVhv2mp lay set down set down (you plural)
H3240-17 1 Kings 19:3 וַ/יַּנַּ֥ח vayanach HC/Vhw3ms and left and he set down and he set down
H3240-20 2 Kings 17:29 וַ/יַּנִּ֣יחוּ vayanichu HC/Vhw3mp and they set up and they set down and they set down
H3240-04 2 Kings 23:18 הַנִּ֣יחוּ hanichu HVhv2mp Let him alone set down leave
H3240-31 Isaiah 14:1 וְ/הִנִּיחָ֖/ם vehinicham HC/Vhq3ms/Sp3mp and will settle them and he caused them to be set down and he will cause them to be set down
H3240-05 Isaiah 28:2 הִנִּ֥יחַ hinicha HVhp3ms he-will-cast-down he set down he set down
H3240-37 Isaiah 46:7 וְ/יַנִּיחֻ֤/הוּ veyanichuhu HC/Vhi3mp/Sp3ms and they set it down and they will set him down and they set it down
H3240-26 Isaiah 65:15 וְ/הִנַּחְתֶּ֨ם vehinachetem HC/Vhp2mp you shall leave and you set down and you set down
H3240-15 Jeremiah 14:9 תַּנִּחֵֽ/נוּ tanichenu HVhj2ms/Sp1cp forsake us may you place us forsake us
H3240-28 Jeremiah 27:11 וְ/הִנַּחְתִּ֤י/ו vehinachetiv HC/Vhq1cs/Sp3ms and-I-will-let-remain-it and I will place him and I will let it remain
H3240-05 Jeremiah 43:6 הִנִּ֨יחַ֙ hinicha HVhp3ms had left he set down had left
H3240-34 Ezekiel 16:39 וְ/הִנִּיח֖וּ/ךְ vehinichukhe HC/Vhq3cp/Sp2fs and-they-will-leave-you and they set you down and they set you down
H3240-27 Ezekiel 22:20 וְ/הִנַּחְתִּ֥י vehinacheti HC/Vhq1cs and I will deposit and I caused to set down and I caused to set down
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