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title: תַּרְדֵּמָה — deep sleep · The Tanakh dictionary
description: תַּרְדֵּמָה (8639), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 7 times: deep sleep. BDB 1906: n.f. deep sleep. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# תַּרְדֵּמָה

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«תַּרְדֵּמָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **deep 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:** 7 times · **Key:** 8639 · **BDB:** תַּרְדֵּמָה

### Glosses

deep.sleep (3); a.deep.sleep (2); (the).deep.sleep (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

deep sleep [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8639/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. deep sleep [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8639/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. deep sleep;—abs. ת׳ Gn 2:21 +; cstr. תַּרְדֵּמַת 1 S 26:12;—deep sleep, usually c. נָפַל + עַל pers., and usually by supernat. agency: וַיַּפֵּל י׳ א׳ ת׳ עַל Gn 2:21 (J; 𝔊 ἔκστασις), ת׳ נָֽפְלָה עַל 15:12 (J; 𝔊 id.), Jb 4:13 = 33:15 (𝔊 \[δεινὸς\] φόβος), so תַּרְדֵּמַת י׳ 1 S 26:12 (𝔊 θάμβος), result of slothfulness (על and pers. om.) Pr 19:15; fig. for insensibility of spirit, נָסַךְ עֲלֵיכֶם י׳ רוּחַ ת׳ Is 29:10.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «תַּרְדֵּמָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1514/8639/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 19:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.19.15/)

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עַ֭צְלָה תַּפִּ֣יל תַּרְדֵּמָ֑ה וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ רְמִיָּ֣ה תִרְעָֽב׃

*Word for word:* laziness it.makes.fall deep.sleep and a.person of.slackness he.will.be.hungry

*JPS 1917:* Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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[Job 4:13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.4.13/)

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בִּ֭שְׂעִפִּים מֵחֶזְיֹנ֣וֹת לָ֑יְלָה בִּנְפֹ֥ל תַּ֝רְדֵּמָ֗ה עַל־אֲנָשִֽׁים׃

*Word for word:* in disquieting.thoughts from visions of.\[the\].night when falls deep.sleep on people

*JPS 1917:* In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men,

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