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title: נוּמָה — somnolence · The Tanakh dictionary
description: נוּמָה (5124), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: somnolence. BDB 1906: n.f. somnolence indolence. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# נוּמָה

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«נוּמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **somnolence** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 5124 · **BDB:** נוּמָה

### Glosses

drowsiness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

somnolence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5124/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. somnolence indolence [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5124/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. somnolence, fig. for indolence, Pr 23:21.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «נוּמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1504/5124/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 23:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.21/)

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כִּי־סֹבֵ֣א וְ֭זוֹלֵל יִוָּרֵ֑שׁ וּ֝קְרָעִ֗ים תַּלְבִּ֥ישׁ נוּמָֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) a.drunkard and a.glutton he.will.become.impoverished and rags it.will.clothe.\[him\] drowsiness

*JPS 1917:* For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty; and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

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