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title: רָדַם — be in · The Tanakh dictionary
description: רָדַם (7290), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: be in. BDB 1906: vb. be in fall into, heavy sleep. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# רָדַם

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«רָדַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be in** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 7 times · **Key:** 7290 · **BDB:** רָדַם

### Glosses

\[was\].sleeping (2); I.was.dazed (1); \[one.who\].sleeps (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be in [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7290/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be in fall into, heavy sleep [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7290/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be in, or fall into, heavy sleep (NH id.; cf. Arabic رَدَمَ stop up (door, gap, etc.), whence perhaps be deaf (stopped up) to sounds, etc.);—Pf. 3 ms. נִרְדַּם Ju 4:21; 1 s. נִרְדַּמְתִּי Dn 8:8; Impf. 3 ms. וַיֵּרָדֵם Jon 1:5; Pt. נִרְדָּם Pr 10:5 + 3 times;—be or fall fast asleep: Ju 4:21; Jon 1:5 (after וַיִּשְׁכַּב), v 6 (pt., Ges§ 120b DaSynt. § 70(a)); pt. as subst. נִרְדָּם בַּקָּצִיר Pr 10:5; of sleep of death ψ 76:7; stunning effect of awe and dread Dn 8:18; 10:9 (both + אָ֑רְצָה \[וּפָנַי\] עַל־פָּנַי).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «רָדַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7290/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 76:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.76.7/)

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מִ֭גַּעֲרָ֣תְךָ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֑ב נִ֝רְדָּ֗ם וְרֶ֣כֶב וָסֽוּס׃

*Word for word:* from rebuke your O.God of.Jacob \[was\].sleeping and chariot and horse

*JPS 1917:* At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, they are cast into a dead sleep, the riders also and the horses.

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[Proverbs 10:5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.5/)

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אֹגֵ֣ר בַּ֭קַּיִץ בֵּ֣ן מַשְׂכִּ֑יל נִרְדָּ֥ם בַּ֝קָּצִ֗יר בֵּ֣ן מֵבִֽישׁ׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].gathers in the summer \[is\].a.son \[who\].acts.prudently \[one.who\].sleeps at the harvest \[is\].a.son \[who\].acts.shamefully

*JPS 1917:* A wise son gathereth in summer; but a son that doeth shamefully sleepeth in harvest.

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