יָשִׁישׁ

«יָשִׁישׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: aged — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 4 times · Key: 3453 · BDB: יָשִׁישׁ

Glosses

[are].aged (1); [the].aged (1); aged.[men] (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

aged tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

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)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «יָשִׁישׁ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Job 12:12

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

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;

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3453.md