נוּם
nûwm · noom
to slumber (from drowsiness)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to slumber (from drowsiness)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: sleep, slumber.
Letters
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the seed, life continuing › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep
The seed, life continuing that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of נוּם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- they have slept1 · 17%
- thee will not slumber1 · 17%
- shall neither slumber1 · 17%
- among them; none shall slumber1 · 17%
- to slumber1 · 17%
- slumber1 · 17%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.