ya.shesh describes an aged person in the verse’s contrast between youth and old age.

The attested use describes someone of advanced age, set in 2 Chronicles 36:17 alongside youth and virgin in a statement that none was spared.

1. An aged person in a contrast of ages · dominant

   In 2 Chronicles 36:17, the masculine singular absolute adjective occurs in the clause contrasting youth and virgin with an aged person; the APB renders the sequence “youth or virgin, old or decrepit.”

   2 Chronicles 36:17

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Chronicles 36:17, the APB presents the clause as “youth or virgin, old or decrepit.” The term’s precise English correspondence within that pair cannot be isolated beyond the verse’s age contrast.