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נוּם

«נוּם» in the Tanakh dictionary: be drowsy — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 6 times · Key: 5123 · BDB: נוּם

Glosses

anyone.will.slumber (1); he.will.slumber (1); may.he.slumber (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

be drowsy tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be drowsy, slumber tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. be drowsy, slumber (NH נוּם, נִמְנֵם id.; Aramaic נוּם, ܢܳܡ; Arabic ((نوم) نَامَ) id.; Ethiopic ኖመ );— Pf. 3 pl. נָמ֫וּ Na 3:18 ψ 76:6 (Ges§ 72 l); Impf. יָנוּם ψ 121:3 + 2 times; 3 fs. וַתָּ֫נָם 2 S 4:6 (so read for ℌ וַיַּכֻּהו, with other radical changes, 𝔊 Th We Dr Kit Bu HPS); Inf. cstr. לָנוּם Is 56:10.—be drowsy, slumber, lit. וַתָּנָם וַתִּישָׁ֑ן 2 S 4:6 (emend., v. supr.) and she grew drowsy and slept; fig. of inactivity, indolence, Is 5:27 (‖ ישׁן), ψ 121:3, 4 (of י׳; ‖ id.); Na 3:18 (‖ שָׁכֵן); אֹהֲבֵי לָנ׳ Is 56:10 (‖ שָׁכַב); sq. acc. cogn. שֵׁנָה ψ 76:6 (of death, ‖ נִרְדַּם).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «נוּם» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Psalms 121:4

הִנֵּ֣ה לֹֽא־יָ֭נוּם וְלֹ֣א יִישָׁ֑ן שׁ֝וֹמֵ֗ר יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Word for word: there! not he.will.slumber and not he.will.sleep the.protector of.Israel

JPS 1917: Behold, He that keepeth Israel doth neither slumber nor sleep.

Psalms 121:3

אַל־יִתֵּ֣ן לַמּ֣וֹט רַגְלֶ֑ךָ אַל־יָ֝נ֗וּם שֹֽׁמְרֶֽךָ׃

Word for word: not may.he.permit to (the) slip foot your not may.he.slumber protector your

JPS 1917: He will not suffer thy foot to be moved; He that keepeth thee will not slumber.

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