יָשָׁן (yāšān) is a Hebrew adjective meaning old. It appears 7 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3465).

Also rendered

• (Gate of) Yeshanah

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 928b)

Root family 928: יָשֵׁן yāšēn — Qal, sleep, be asleep; Piel, make (one) go to sleep (Jud 16:19). (ASV and RSV similar; but RSV “dream” in Ps 90:5: in Hos 7:6 ASV “their baker sleepeth,” while RSV [with different vocalization] “their anger smolders.”)

• שֵׁנָה šēnâ — sleep
• יָשֵׁן yāšēn — sleep
• יָשֵׁן yāšēn — sleeping
• שְׁנָת šĕnāt — sleep

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