יָשָׁן adjective old (originally, as it seems, withered, flabby , like a lifeless plant with top hanging down, as if in sleep; compare

Niph`al above, and Late Hebrew יָשַׁן Pi`ellet a thing grow old ) — יָשָׁן Leviticus 25:22 3t.; feminine יָשָׁנָה Isaiah 22:11 2t.; plural יְשָׁנִים Cant 7:14; — old: הַבְּרֵכָה הַיְשָׁנָה Isaiah 22:11; שַׁעַר הַיְשָׁנָה Nehemiah 3:6; so Nehemiah 12:39; of choice fruits, Cant 7:14 (opposed to חדשׁ); substantive old harvest, store, Leviticus 25:22 (twice in verse); Leviticus 26:12 (twice in verse) (H; opposed to חדשׁ).