how to say “aged wine” in Hebrew
יַיִן מְיֻשָּׁן
The Biblical Term
In Biblical times, good aged wine might have been called יַיִן יָשָׁן נוֹשָׁן , as some sweet wines are called today.
, as some sweet wines are called today. נוֹשָׁן means having become old. The word is derived from the נִפְעַל verb form and the root י.שׁ.נ (y.sh.n) meaning old. It also appears in the Biblical context (וַיִּקְרָא יג:יא – Leviticus 13:11)of the צָרַעַת (leprosy) skin affliction:
means having become old. The word is derived from the נִפְעַל verb form and the root י.שׁ.נ (y.sh.n) meaning old. It also appears in the Biblical context (וַיִּקְרָא יג:יא – Leviticus 13:11)of the צָרַעַת (leprosy) skin affliction:צָרַעַת נוֹשֶׁנֶת הִוא בְּעוֹר בְּשָׂרוֹ וְטִמְּאוֹ הַכֹּהֵן לֹא יַסְגִּרֶנּוּ כִּי טָמֵא הוּא.
It is a chronic (very old) skin disease and the priest shall pronounce them unclean. He is not to isolate them, because they are already unclean.
The Modern Term
By the time of the Mishnah, usage of נושן had given way to a different word, מְיֻשָּׁן , and that is the word in colloquial use today. This word also employs the root י.שׁ.נ, but invokes the passive-intensive verb form.
, and that is the word in colloquial use today. This word also employs the root י.שׁ.נ, but invokes the passive-intensive verb form. For example:
יַיִן מְיֻשָּׁן הוּא הַיַּיִן הַטּוֹב בְּיוֹתֵר.
Aged wine is the best wine.
מיושן also means outdated or obsolete.
For example:
לַמְרוֹת שֶׁהַשִּׁמּוּשׁ בְּתַקְלִיטִים הוּא שִׁיטָה מְיֻשֶּׁנֶת לְהַאֲזָנָה, עֲדַיִן יֵשׁ אֲנָשִׁים שֶׁאוֹסְפִים אֹתָם.
Even though the use of records is an obsolete method of listening, there are still those who collect them.
