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title: שֵׁנָה — sleep · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שֵׁנָה (8142), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: sleep. BDB 1906: n.f. sleep. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שֵׁנָה

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«שֵׁנָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sleep** — 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:** 23 times · **Key:** 8142 · **BDB:** שֵׁנָה

### Glosses

sleep (17); a.sleep (2); of.sleep(s) (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sleep [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8142/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. sleep [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8142/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. sleep;—שֵׁנָה ψ 90:5 + 3 times; שֵׁנָא ψ 127:2, שְׁנָת ψ 132:4 (Ges§ 80 g.h.); cstr. שְׁנַת Je 51:39 + 3 times; שְׁנָתִי Gn 31:40; Je 31:26, etc.; pl. abs. שֵׁנוֹת Pr 6:10; 24:33;—sleep Gn 28:16 (J), Ju 16:14, 20; Pr 3:24; 6:9; 20:13; Ec 5:11 Je 31:26; Zc 4:1; Pr 6:4 (‖ תְּנוּמָה); מְעַט שֵׁנוֹת מְעַט תְּנוּמוֹת Pr 6:10 = 24:33 (these two of sluggard אִישׁ עָצֵל; v. also 6:9; 20:13); note also וַתִּדַּד שְׁנָתִי מֵעֵינָ֑י Gn 31:40 (E) and my sleep fled from mine eyes; נָֽדֲדָה שְׁנַת הַמֶּלֶךְ Est 6:1; וְנִגְזְלָה שְׁנָתָם Pr 4:16; וּשְׁנָתוֹ נִהְיְתָה עָלָיו Dn 2:1; שֵׁנָה בְּעֵינָיו אֵינֶנּוּ רֹאֶה Ec 8:16; אִם אֶתֵּן שְׁנָת לְעֵינָ֑י ψ 132:4 (all of lack of sleep); יִתֵּן לִידִידוֹ שֵׁנָ֑א ψ 127:2 = he giveth to his beloved in sleep, cf. Ges§ 118, 3; of sleep of death (so Arabic وَسَنٌ Dozy ii. 806) Jb 14:12 ψ 90:5 (cf. De Che); so, as acc. cogn., ψ 76:6 Je 51:39, 57 (in these two שְׁנַת־עוֹלָם). יֶשְׁנוֹ v. יֵשׁ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שֵׁנָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8142/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 6:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.9/)

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עַד־מָתַ֖י עָצֵ֥ל ׀ תִּשְׁכָּ֑ב מָ֝תַ֗י תָּק֥וּם מִשְּׁנָתֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* until when? O.sluggard will.you.lie.down when? will.you.rise from sleep your

*JPS 1917:* How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? When wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

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[Proverbs 6:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.6.10/)

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מְעַ֣ט שֵׁ֭נוֹת מְעַ֣ט תְּנוּמ֑וֹת מְעַ֓ט ׀ חִבֻּ֖ק יָדַ֣יִם לִשְׁכָּֽב׃

*Word for word:* a.little of.sleep(s) a.little of.slumber(s) a.little of.folding of.hands to rest

*JPS 1917:* 'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep' —

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