תַּרְדֵּמָה
tardêmâh · tar-day-maw'
a lethargy or (by implication) trance
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7290 (רָדַם);
a lethargy or (by implication) trance
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: deep sleep.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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)
the mark, the covenant sign › the head, the highest › the doorway, the way in › water, chaos, the mighty deep › to reveal, behold
The mark, the covenant sign of the head, the highest of the doorway, the way in of water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תַּרְדֵּמָה 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- a deep sleep2 · 29%
- because a deep sleep1 · 14%
- when deep sleep1 · 14%
- when deep1 · 14%
- into a deep sleep1 · 14%
- of deep sleep1 · 14%
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.