תְּנוּמָהtᵉnûwmâh

slumber (Psalms 132:4; Proverbs 6:4; Proverbs 6:10; Job 33:15; Proverbs 24:33)

Pronunciation: ten-oo-maw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8572

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • Job 33:15 He speaks in dreams, in visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they lie in their beds.
  • Psalms 132:4 I will not let my eyes sleep nor close my eyelids in slumber
  • Proverbs 6:4 Don’t put it off; do it now! Don’t rest until you do.
  • Proverbs 6:10 A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—
  • Proverbs 24:33 A little extra sleep, a little more slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—

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).