Lexical Definition

‎נוּם‎ nûwm (noom) to slumber ^H:V
a primitive root

sleep, slumber.

• to slumber (from drowsiness)

1) to be drowsy, slumber, sleep
1a) (Qal) to slumber, be drowsy

See Greek: ἀναχωρέω · διαμένω · νυστάζω · σείω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נוּם‎ verb be drowsy, slumber (Late Hebrew ‎נוּם‎, ‎נִמְנֵם‎ id.; Aramaic ‎נוּם‎, ; Arabic () id.; Ethiopic ); —

Qal Perfect 3 plural ‎נָמ֫וּ‎ Nah 3:18; Ps 76:6* (Ges^{«GKC:72»§ 72} l); Imperfect ‎יָנוּם‎ Ps 121:3 + 2 t.; 3 feminine singular ‎וַתָּ֫נָם‎ 2Sam 4:6 (so read for HCT ‎וַיַּכֻּהו‎, with other radical changes, ᵐ5 Th We Dr Kit Bu HPS); Infinitive construct ‎לָנוּם‎ Isa 56:10. — be drowsy, slumber, literal ‎וַתָּנָם וַתִּישָׁ֑ן‎ 2Sam 4:6 (emendation, see above) and she grew drowsy and slept; figurative of inactivity, indolence, Isa 5:27 (|| ‎ישׁן‎), Ps 121:3; Ps 121:4 (of ‎׳‎‎י‎; || id.); Nah 3:18 (|| ‎שָׁכֵן‎); ‎׳‎‎אֹהֲבֵי לָנ‎ Isa 56:10 (|| ‎שָׁכַב‎); followed by accusative of congnate meaning with verb ‎שֵׁנָה‎ Ps 76:6* (of death, || ‎נִרְדַּם‎).

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