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HebrewH8142Noun (Feminine)

שֵׁנָה

she.nah

21Occurrences
H8142Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

sleep

or שֵׁנָא; (Psalm 127:2), from H3462 (יָשֵׁן);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
sleep Aramaic equivalent: she.nah (*שְׁנָה *"sleep" H8139)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

H:N-F

Full Description

H:N-F

Occurrences

שֵׁנָה appears 21 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Proverbs
7
Jeremiah
3
Genesis
2
Judges
2
Psalms
2
Daniel
1
Ecclesiastes
1
Esther
1

Key Passages

Daniel 2:1BSB

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.

Genesis 31:40BSB

As it was, the heat consumed me by day and the frost by night, and sleep fled from my eyes.

Jeremiah 51:39BSB

While they are flushed with heat,I will serve them a feast,and I will make them drunkso that they may revel;then they will fall asleep forever and never wake up,declares the LORD.

Proverbs 24:33BSB

A little sleep, a little slumber,a little folding of the hands to rest,

Proverbs 6:9BSB

How long will you lie there, O slacker?When will you get up from your sleep?

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.