יָנַח

Strong’s Definition

to deposit; by implication, to allow to stay

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

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 H5117 (נוּחַ), and the others here.)

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to rest
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(hiphil)
• 4.(hophal)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: yânach; Pronunciation: yaw-nakh'