תְּנוּמָה
tenuma · slumber
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H8572 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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tenuma (תְּנוּמָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “slumber”.
Drowsiness, light sleep.
How to say it
te·nu·ma
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Light sleep, nodding off.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- slumber ×3
- drowsiness ×1
- slumbers ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 33:15
in a dream, a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls on men, in slumbers on the bed,
- Psalms 132:4
I will not give sleep to my eyes, to my eyelids drowsiness,
- Proverbs 6:4
Do not give sleep to your eyes, or slumber to your eyelids.
- Proverbs 6:10
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down,
- Proverbs 24:33
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to lie down,