יַעַן

1. as preposition, rarely with a substantive, Ezk 5,9 יַעַן תּוֺעֲבוֺתֵיכֶם, Hag 1,9 יַעַן מָה, vHag 1,9 יַעַן בֵּיתִי; with a participle Ezk 36,13 יען אמרים because of men saying to you (but read probablyאָמְרָם, Co Toy Berthol); frequently with infinitive with, 1 Kong 21,20 יַעַן הִתְמַכֶּרְךָ on account of thy having sold thyself, Amos 5,11; Es 30,12; Es 37,29 (= 2 Kong 19,28) יַעֵן הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ אֵלַי, Jer 5,14; Jer 7,13; Jer 23,38; Jer 48,7, and often. (c. 18 t.) in Ezek., as Jer 5,7 (read יַעַן הַמְ˜רֹתְכֶם), Jer 13,8; Jer 13,22; Jer 25,3; Jer 25,6; Jer 25,8; Jer 25,12.

2. As conjunction:
\ \ a. יַעַן אֲשֶׁר (32 t.), usually with perfect, as 1 Mos 22,16 יען אשׁר עשׂית זאת because that thou hast done this, 5 Mos 1,36 (Jos 14,14), Dom 2,20; 1 Sam 30,22; 1 Kong 3,11; 1 Kong 8,18; Jer 19,4; Jer 25,8; Jer 29,23 (not Isaiah) +; with imperfect (in frequent. sense) Ezk 44,12.
\ \ b. יַען כִּי, 4 Mos 11,20 ׳יַעַן כִּי מְאַסְתֶּם אֶתיֿ, 1 Kong 13,21; 1 Kong 21,29; Es 3,16; Es 7,5; Es 8,6; Es 29,13.
\ \ c. יַעַן alone (23 t.), with perfect 4 Mos 20,12 יַעַן לֹא הֶאֱמַנְתֶּם בִּי, 1 Sam 15,23; 1 Kong 14,13; 1 Kong 20,42; 2 Kong 22,19; Hos 8,1; Es 61,1; Es 65,12; Es 66,4 with imperfect (frequently) Ezk 34,21 of the future Ezk 12,12 because he shall not see, etc., (but ᵐ5 Co Kau Berthol לְמַעַן אשׁר לא יֵרָאֶה לָעַיִן): usually the verb follows immediately, but Ezek. sometimes puts the object first for emphasis, Ezk 5,11 יַעַן אֶתמִֿקְדָּשִׁי טִמֵּאתָ, Ezk 20,16; Ezk 20,24; Ezk 36,6, compare Ezk 34,21.

3. יַעַן וּבְיַעַן, q.d. because and by the cause (that), followed by perhaps, 3 Mos 26,43 (H) יען וביען בְּמִשְׁפָּטַי מָאָ֔סוּ, Ezk 13,10 יַעַן בְּיַעַז followed by infinitive, Ezk 36,3. (In all, reckoning יען (ו)ביען once each, 93 t., of which 20 are in 1-2 Kings, 11 in Jeremiah, 38 in Ezekiel; and only 9 in Genesis—2Samuel.)