za.qen describes becoming old or being advanced in years, chiefly of people and also of a tree and a youth.

The term marks the condition or process of becoming old and being advanced in years, most often of people in contexts of age, family life, leadership, and approaching death. The same aging idea also appears of a tree in the land and of a youth reaching old age.

1. Becoming or being advanced in age · dominant

   The Qal perfect forms describe people as old or having grown old: in Genesis 27:1 the APB renders Isaac's age alongside his dim eyesight, and in 1 Kings 1:1 it presents David as old and unable to get warm. The first-person Qal perfect in Ruth 1:12 occurs in Naomi's statement that she is too old to have a husband; the Hiphil imperfect forms extend the same aging outcome to a tree in Job 14:8 and to a youth in Proverbs 22:6.

   Genesis 27:11 Kings 1:1Ruth 1:12Job 14:8Proverbs 22:6Proverbs 23:22

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the occurrences, the APB variously uses "old," "grown old," "advanced in years," and "when she is old." These are presentations of the surrounding clauses rather than fixed English equivalents for each form.