Quick Definition
sleep
Strong's Definition
sleep
Derivation: or שֵׁנָא; (Psalm 127:2), from H3462 (יָשֵׁן);
KJV Usage: sleep.
TWOT Reference: 928c
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שֵׁנָה (she.nah) — sleep. sleep Aramaic equivalent: she.nah (שְׁנָה "sleep" H8139)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · ישׁן
Asleep | ≈ חִבֻּק יָדַיִם · ישׁן · שׁכב · תְּנוּמָה | ≠ עור · פחד · פקח עֵנַיִם · קיץ
sleep = state in which humans are asleep; ≈ sometimes associated with security, sometimes with death, sometimes with being inactive
GEN 28:16 · GEN 31:40 · JDG 16:14 · JDG 16:20 · EST 6:1 · JOB 14:12 · PSA 76:6 · PSA 90:5 · PSA 132:4 · PRO 3:24 · PRO 4:16 · PRO 6:4 · PRO 6:9 · PRO 6:10 · PRO 20:13 · PRO 24:33 · ECC 5:11 · ECC 8:16 · ISA 38:15 · JER 31:26 · JER 51:39 · JER 51:57 · DAN 2:1 · ZEC 4:1
1 ISA 38:15 RSV NJPS NRSV GNT | MT NIV NJB REB CEV "my years" = שָׁנָה
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שֵׁנָה, שֵׁנָא, שֵׁנָת n.f. sleep base