Strong's Lexicon

H8142

H8142 — שֵׁנָה שֵׁנָא

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

Hebrewshehahnoun femOccurrences: 23TWOT: 928c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H8142
Word:שֵׁנָה שֵׁנָא
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H3462
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:23
Transliteration:shehah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:shay-naw' (or shena (Psa. 127) n-f.
Meaning:1. sleep
KJV Renderings:sleep.

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BDB3803

שֵׁנָה, שֵׁנָא, שְׁנָת noun feminine sleepשֵׁנָה Ps 90:5 + 3 t.; שֵׁנָא Ps 127:2, שְׁנָת Ps 132:4 ( Ges«GKC:80g»§ 80 g, h.); construct שְׁנַת Jer 51:39 + 3 t.; שְׁנָתִי Gen 31:40; Jer 31:26, etc.; plural absolute שֵׁנוֺת Prov 6:10; Prov 24:33 — sleep Gen 28:16 ( J ), Judg 16:14; Judg 16:20; Prov 3:24; Prov 6:9 ; Prov 20:13 ; Eccl 5:11 ; Jer 31:26; Zech 4:1; Prov 6:4 (|| תְּנוּמָה); מְעַט שֵׁנוֺת מְעַט תְּנוּמוֺת Prov 6:10 = Prov 24:33 (these two of sluggard אִישׁ עָצֵל; see also Prov 6:9; Prov 20:13); note also וַתִּדּד שְׁנָתִי מֵעֵינָ֑י Gen 31:40 ( E ) and my sleep fled from mine eyes; נָ֑דֲדָה שְׁנַת הַמֶּלֶךְ Esth 6:1 וְנִגְזְלָה שְׁנָתָם Prov 4:16 וּשְׁנָתוֺ נִהְיְתָה עָלָיו Dan 2:1 שֵׁנָה בְּעֵינָיו אֵינֶנּוּ רֹאֵה Eccl 8:16 אִם אֶתֵּן שְׁנָת לְעֵינָ֑י Ps 132:4 (all of lack of sleep); יִתֵּן לִידִידוֺ שֵׁנָ֑א Ps 127:2 = he giveth to his beloved in sleep, compare Ges «GKC:118»§ 118, 3; of sleep of death (so Arabic [untranscribed source text 2348] Dozyii. 806) Job 14:12; Ps 90:5 (compare De Che); so, as accusative of cognate meaning with verb, Ps 76:6; Jer 51:39; Jer 51:57 (in these two שְׁנַתעֿוֺלָם).


יֶשְׁנוֺ see יֵשׁ.


BDB9598

ישׁן (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew ישׁן, שֵׁנָה).


Other Resources

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

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