שֵׁנָה
shênâh · shay-naw'
sleep
Lexicon
Derivation: or שֵׁנָא; (Psalm 127:2), from H3462 (יָשֵׁן);
sleep
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: sleep.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › the seed, life continuing › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy of the seed, life continuing that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שֵׁנָה 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
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- sleep7 · 30%
- out of his sleep4 · 17%
- and my sleep2 · 9%
- not sleep2 · 9%
- of their sleep1 · 4%
- their sleep1 · 4%
- they are as a sleep1 · 4%
- and thy sleep1 · 4%
- and their sleep1 · 4%
- out of thy sleep1 · 4%
- the sleep1 · 4%
- and his sleep1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
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.