שְׁנָתshᵉnâth
יָשֵׁן: sleep
Pronunciation: shen-awth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8153
Meanings
Qal: 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 cognate meaning with verb שְׁנַת עוֺלָם ׳ ישׁ Jer 51:39; Jer 51:57 (see שֵׁנָה), of death, compare אִישַׁן הַמָּוֶת Ps 13:4. (Job 3:13; Jeremiah 51:39; Isaiah 5:27)
Niph`al: only in derivative 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 (Deuteronomy 4:25; Leviticus 26:10; Leviticus 13:11)
Pi`el: causative (Judges 16:19)
שֵׁנָה: sleep (Psalms 90:5; Psalms 127:2; Psalms 132:4; Jeremiah 51:39; Genesis 31:40)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 1 times in the Bible.
- Psalms 132:4 I will not let my eyes sleep nor close my eyelids in slumber
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).