The Hebrew word for old is
יָשָׁן
yashán
Translations for old and their definitions
| קודם | |
| 1. prep. before, prior to | |
| 2. adv. before, earlier |
| ישן | |
| 1. adj. old, having existed for a long time | |
| 2. adj. old, veteran | |
| 3. adj. dated, no longer used | |
| 4. v. to sleep, to be asleep |
| בן | |
| 1. n. A son. | |
| 2. n. (chiefly in hbo) A direct male descendant. | |
| בן אדם (bén-adám) - a human literally a son of Adam | |
| 3. n. A guy, a boy. | |
| 4. n. (no longer productive, construct only) Someone who possesses (the specified object). | |
| בן דעת (bén dá'at) - someone legally competent literally a son of intelligence | |
| בן תורה (bén torá) - someone devoted to the Torah literally a son of Torah | |
| 5. n. (construct only) Used in expressing the age of a man, a boy(,) or the referent of a masculine noun: age, aged. | |
| הוא בן שש. (hú bén shésh.) - He is six years old. literally, a son of six | |
| 6. n. (בֶּן־, bén-) singular construct form of בן . | |
| 7. n. (בִּן־, bín-) singular construct form of בן ; found only in certain expressions. | |
| יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן־נוּן (y'hoshúa bín-nún) - Joshua, son of Nun | |
| 8. v. (rare, archaic) to understand. | |
| 9. prep. (poetic or archaic) Form of or (b'-) including third-person feminine plural personal pronoun as object |
| זקן | |
| 1. n. A beard. | |
| 2. adj. old, elderly, aged | |
| 3. n. elder, sage | |
| 4. v. To grow old, to grow elderly, to age. |
| קשיש | |
| 1. n. An old man, an elderly man. | |
| 2. n. (קְשִׁיש־, k'shísh-) singular construct form of קָשִׁישׁ . |
| בת | |
| 1. n. daughter | |
| 2. n. By analogy to ב – a direct female descendent: | |
| בת חוה (bat khavá) - daughter of Eve | |
| 3. n. A girl, a gal | |
| 4. n. (construct only) Used in expressing the age of a woman, a girl(,) or the referent of a feminine noun: age, aged. | |
| היא בת שש. (hi bat shesh.) - She is six years old. literally, a daughter of six |
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