Strong's Lexicon

H7290

H7290 — רָדַם

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewradamverbOccurrences: 7TWOT: 2123

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H7290
Word:רָדַם
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:a primitive root
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:7
Transliteration:radam
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:raw-dam'
Meaning:1. to stun, i.e. stupefy (with sleep or death)
KJV Renderings:(be fast a-, be in a deep, cast into a dead, that) sleep(-er, -eth).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB7771

[רָדַם] verb

Niph`al be in, or fall into, heavy sleep (Late Hebrew id.; compare Arabic [untranscribed source text 4979] stop up (door, gap, etc.), whence perhaps be deaf (stopped up) to sounds, etc.); — Perfect 3 masculine singular נִרְדַּם Judg 4:21 1 singular נִרְדַּמְתִּי Dan 8:8 Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיֵּרָדֵם Jonah 1:5 Participle נִרְדָּם Prov 10:5 + 3 t.; — be or fall fast asleep: Judg 4:21; Jonah 1:5 (after וַיִּשְׁכַב), Jonah 1:6 (participle, Ges«GKC:120b»§ 120b DaSynt. § 70 (a)); participle as substantive נִרְדָּם בַּקָּצִיר Prov 10:5 of sleep of death Ps 76:7 stunning effect of awe and dread Dan 8:18; Dan 10:9 (both + אָ֑רְצָה [ וּפָנַי ] עַלפָּֿנַי.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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