שָׁעַן

Genesis 18:4 וְהִֽשָּׁעֲנ֖וּ and support yourself

Let a little water be brought, that you may wash your feet and rest yourselves under the tree.

Here: A plural command, 'and lean (yourselves)'. Abraham invites the guests to settle back, leaning against the trunk or reclining in the shade. It is the same verb that elsewhere means leaning on a staff or spear, or relying on someone.

Numbers 21:15 וְנִשְׁעַ֖ן and it leans

even the slopes of the wadis that extend to the site of Ar and lie along the border of Moab.”

Judges 16:26 וְאֶשָּׁעֵ֖ן so I may lean

Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Lead me where I can feel the pillars supporting the temple, so I can lean against them.”

2 Samuel 1:6 נִשְׁעָ֣ן [was] leaning

“I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,” he replied, “and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and the cavalry closing in on him.

2 Kings 5:18 נִשְׁעָ֣ן [is] supporting himself

Yet may the LORD forgive your servant this one thing: When my master goes into the temple of Rimmon to worship there, and he leans on my arm, and I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant in this matter.”

2 Kings 7:2 נִשְׁעָ֨ן [who] was leaning

But the officer on whose arm the king leaned answered the man of God, “Look, even if the LORD were to make windows in heaven, could this really happen?” “You will see it with your own eyes,” replied Elisha, “but you will not eat any of it.”

Here: A participle describing the king as one who habitually leans on this man. The phrase both pictures a physical gesture and names a court role: the king’s personal attendant and right-hand man (compare 2 Kgs 5:18).

2 Kings 7:17 נִשְׁעָ֤ן [was] leaning

Now the king had appointed the officer on whose arm he leaned to be in charge of the gate, but the people trampled him in the gateway, and he died, just as the man of God had foretold when the king had come to him.

2 Chronicles 13:18 נִשְׁעֲנ֔וּ they depended

Thus the Israelites were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the LORD, the God of their fathers.

Here: Literally 'they leaned': putting your weight on something so that it holds you up. The completed (perfect) form looks back on how they acted in the crisis, crying out to Yahweh when surrounded (v. 14).

2 Chronicles 14:11 נִשְׁעַ֔נּוּ we depend

Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”

Here: To lean one's weight on something, as on a staff or an arm. The perfect form means 'we have leaned and are now leaning'. It is Chronicles' key word for trusting God instead of human allies.

2 Chronicles 16:7 בְּהִשָּׁ֨עֶנְךָ֜ נִשְׁעַ֙נְתָּ֙ because depending you, you depended

At that time Hanani the seer came to King Asa of Judah and told him, “Because you have relied on the king of Aram and not on the LORD your God, the army of the king of Aram has escaped from your hand.

Here: Literally "in your leaning", "when/because you leaned". The verb pictures putting your weight on something so it holds you up, the way you lean on a staff or on someone's arm. Asa rested his kingdom's safety on Damascus.

2 Chronicles 16:8 וּבְהִשָּֽׁעֶנְךָ֥ and because depending you

Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.

Here: Literally 'and in your leaning.' It is the same form Hanani used one verse earlier for leaning on the king of Aram (v. 7). The preposition 'in' can mean 'when' or 'because,' and here it does both. Asa put his full weight on YHWH then, and the result followed.

Job 8:15 יִשָּׁעֵ֣ן he supports himself

He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.

Job 24:23 וְיִשָּׁעֵ֑ן so he may support himself

He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.

Proverbs 3:5 תִּשָּׁעֵֽן׃ you depend

Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

Here: A concrete picture: leaning your body's weight on a staff, a pillar or someone's arm. Here it is used figuratively: do not make your own understanding the thing that holds you up.

Isaiah 10:20 לְהִשָּׁעֵ֖ן וְנִשְׁעַ֗ן to depend, and it will depend

On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.

Here: "To lean" means to put your weight on something, like a staff or a person's arm. In Isaiah's political world it meant relying on a stronger power for protection.

Isaiah 30:12 וַתִּֽשָּׁעֲנ֖וּ and you have depended

Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,

Here: 'And you leaned', putting your weight on something as on a staff or a wall. It prepares for verse 13, where the thing leaned on turns out to be a bulging wall that is about to collapse.

Isaiah 31:1 יִשָּׁעֵ֑נוּ they depend

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

Here: "They lean": resting one's body weight on a support, like a staff. It uses an older, fuller verb ending (-ûn) that adds weight. It sounds like šā‘û ("they gazed") later in the verse, so the lines pun on leaning and looking.

Isaiah 50:10 וְיִשָּׁעֵ֖ן and let him depend

Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.

Here: A reflexive form, 'let him lean himself', meaning put his weight on. It is the picture of a man leaning on a staff or a wall in the dark. Isaiah uses the same verb for leaning on Egypt or horses instead of God (30:12; 31:1).

Ezekiel 29:7 וּבְהִֽשָּׁעֲנָ֤ם and when leaned they

When Israel took hold of you with their hands, you splintered, tearing all their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke, and their backs were wrenched.

Micah 3:11 יִשָּׁעֵ֣נוּ they depend

Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”

Here: “They lean”: they rest their whole weight on Yahweh as a guarantee. The word can describe real trust, but here it is ironic. They rely on God without obeying him.