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H8153

שְׁנָת

she.natH:N-F

sleep

sleep

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

[יָשֵׁן] verb sleep (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic noun sleep; Arabic be sleepy, , sleep Assyrian šittiu, sleep, DlHWB 246, šunatu, šuttu, dream, Idib, Flood: iv. 22 AsrbAnnals,v R. 2, 97) —

Qal Perfect יָשַׁנְתִּי Job 3:13 וְיָָֽשְׁנוּ consecutive Jer 51:39 + 2 t.; Imperfect יִישָׁ֑ן Isa 5:27; Ps 121:4 וַיִישַׁן 1Kgs 19:5, etc.; Infinitive construct לִישׁוֺן Eccl 5:11 — sleep, go to sleep, and be asleep, Gen 2:21 (J), Gen 41:5 (E), Ezek 34:25; Job 3:13; Ps 3:6; Ps 4:9; Prov 4:16; Eccl 5:11, also 2Sam 4:6 ᵐ5 We Dr Kit Bu, see חֹמֶשׁ; with לֹא, of Ass. army Isa 5:27 (|| נוּם); of Baal 1Kgs 19:5 of ׳י, עוּרָה לָמָּה תִישַׁן אֲדֹנָי 1Kgs 44:24 לֹא יִישָׁ֑ן 1Kgs 12:14 (|| נוּם); with accusative of congnate meaning with verb שְׁנַת עוֺלָם ׳ישׁ Jer 51:39; Jer 51:57 (see שֵׁנָה), of death, compare אִישַׁן הַמָּוֶת Ps 13:4. Niph`al only in derivatives sense of become inactive or stationary; Perfect וְנוֺשַׁנְתֶּם consecutive Deut 4:25 and ye be grown old בָּאָרֶץ, i.e. (see Di Dr) have lost freshness of first impressions; of inanimate things, be old, stale , only Participle יָשָׁן נוֺשָׁן Lev 26:10 (H), feminine צרעת נוֺשֶׁנֶת Lev 13:11 = old leprosy (P); these possibly denominative from יָשָׁן Pi`el causat. Imperfect וַתְּיַשְּׁנֵהוּ Judg 16:19and she made him sleep.

שֵׁנָה, שֵׁנָא, שְׁנָת noun feminine sleep — שֵׁנָה Ps 90:5 + 3 t.; שֵׁנָא Ps 127:2, שְׁנָת Ps 132:4 (Ges«GKC:80g»§ 80 g, h.); construct שְׁנַת Jer 51:39 + 3 t.; שְׁנָתִי Gen 31:40; Jer 31:26, etc.; plural absolute שֵׁנוֺת Prov 6:10; Prov 24:33 — sleep Gen 28:16 (J), Judg 16:14; Judg 16:20; Prov 3:24; Prov 6:9; Prov 20:13; Eccl 5:11; Jer 31:26; Zech 4:1; Prov 6:4 (|| תְּנוּמָה); מְעַט שֵׁנוֺת מְעַט תְּנוּמוֺת Prov 6:10 = Prov 24:33 (these two of sluggard אִישׁ עָצֵל; see also Prov 6:9; Prov 20:13); note also וַתִּדּד שְׁנָתִי מֵעֵינָ֑י Gen 31:40 (E) and my sleep fled from mine eyes; נָ֑דֲדָה שְׁנַת הַמֶּלֶךְ Esth 6:1 וְנִגְזְלָה שְׁנָתָם Prov 4:16 וּשְׁנָתוֺ נִהְיְתָה עָלָיו Dan 2:1 שֵׁנָה בְּעֵינָיו אֵינֶנּוּ רֹאֵה Eccl 8:16 אִם אֶתֵּן שְׁנָת לְעֵינָ֑י Ps 132:4 (all of lack of sleep); יִתֵּן לִידִידוֺ שֵׁנָ֑א Ps 127:2 = he giveth to his beloved in sleep, compare Ges«GKC:118»§ 118, 3; of sleep of death (so Arabic Dozyii. 806) Job 14:12; Ps 90:5 (compare De Che); so, as accusative of congnate meaning with verb, Ps 76:6; Jer 51:39; Jer 51:57 (in these two שְׁנַתעֿוֺלָם).

יֶשְׁנוֺ see יֵשׁ.

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