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title: תְּנוּמָה — slumber · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תְּנוּמָה (8572), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: slumber. BDB 1906: n.f. slumber. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תְּנוּמָה

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«תְּנוּמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **slumber** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 8572 · **BDB:** תְּנוּמָה

### Glosses

of.slumber(s) (2); slumber (2); slumber(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

slumber [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8572/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. slumber [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8572/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. slumber;—abs. ψ 132:4 Pr 6:4; pl. תְּנוּמוֹת Pr 6:10 + 2 times;—slumber as time of visions Jb 33:15 (‖ תַּרְדֵּמָה); of indolent slumber ψ 132:4 (‖ שְׁנָת) Pr 6:4 (‖ שׁנה) in both c. נָתַן, sq. acc. + לְ; 6:10; 24:33 (both ‖ שׁנות, שׁכב).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תְּנוּמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8572/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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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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[Proverbs 24:33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.24.33/)

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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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