תַּרְדֵּמָהtardêmâh
deep sleep, usually with נָפַל + עַל person, and usually by supernatural agency (Genesis 2:21; 1 Samuel 26:12; Genesis 15:12; Job 4:13; Job 33:15)
Pronunciation: tar-day-maw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8639
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 2:21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening.
- Genesis 15:12 As the sun was going down, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and a terrifying darkness came down over him.
- 1 Samuel 26:12 So David took the spear and jug of water that were near Saul’s head. Then he and Abishai got away without anyone seeing them or even waking up, because the Lord had put Saul’s men into a deep sleep.
- Job 4:13 It came to me in a disturbing vision at night, when people are in a deep sleep.
- Job 33:15 He speaks in dreams, in visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on people as they lie in their beds.
- Proverbs 19:15 Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves them hungry.
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).