H8572 H8572
slumber, drowsiness; light sleep associated with visions or with laziness
Tenuma describes a state of light sleep or drowsiness, distinct from deep sleep (tardemah) though sometimes paired with it. In Job 33:15, slumberings upon the bed become the occasion for God to speak through visions and dreams. In Proverbs, the word takes a sharply negative turn: 'a little sleep, a little slumber' leads to poverty creeping in like a robber (6:10; 24:33). Psalm 132:4 records David's vow not to give slumber to his eyelids until he finds a dwelling for the ark — an image of urgent, sleepless devotion.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Slumber or drowsiness as the setting for divine revelation. Job 33:15 describes God opening human ears 'in slumberings upon the bed,' parallel to deep sleep (תַּרְדֵּמָה). French 'sommeil' and Spanish 'dormitar' render the drowsy state. The singular or plural form does not change the sense; it denotes the liminal state between waking and deep sleep in which visions occur. 5×
AR["بِ-إغفاءاتٍ", "سِنَةٌ", "نُعاسٍ", "نُعَاسًا", "وَ-سِنَةً"]·ben["-তন্দ্রায়", "ও-তন্দ্রা", "তন্দ্রা", "তন্দ্রা।"]·DE["[בתנומות]", "[ותנומה]", "[תנומות]", "slumber"]·EN["in-slumberings", "or-slumber", "slumber"]·FR["dans-בתנומות", "et-ותנומה", "sommeil", "תנומות"]·heb["ב-תנומות", "ו-תנומה", "תנומה", "תנומות"]·HI["उंघाई", "और-झपकी", "झपकियाँ", "नींद", "नींदों-में"]·ID["dalam-kantuk", "dan-kantuk", "kantuk", "mengantuk"]·IT["[תנומה]", "e-o-slumber", "in-in-slumberings", "slumber"]·jav["ing-ngantuk", "lan-ngantuk", "ngantuk"]·KO["그리고-조는-것-을", "셬-안에서", "조는-것-들-을", "졸음", "졸음-을"]·PT["cochilo", "cochilos", "descanso", "em-cochilos", "nem-cochilo"]·RU["в-дремоте", "дремоту", "дремоты", "дрёмы,", "и-дрёмы"]·ES["dormitaciones", "dormitar", "en-dormitar", "ni-adormecimiento"]·SW["katika-usingizi", "kusinzia", "sinzia", "wala-usingizi-mwepesi"]·TR["uyuklama", "uyuklamada", "uyuklamalar", "ve-uyuklama"]·urd["اور-اونغھ", "اونغھنا", "اونٹنے میں", "اونگھ"]
Related Senses
H7200 1. Qal: to see, perceive (1257×)G4771 2. you (singular address) (1077×)H8085 1. Qal: hear, perceive aurally (921×)H0859a 1. you (2nd person masculine singular pronoun) (743×)H0398 1. eat (consume food) (697×)H4191 1. die (Qal: natural/general death) (645×)G3708 1. see, perceive visually (419×)G0191 1. hear, perceive sound (360×)H???? 3. (352×)G3708 2. behold, look (exclamatory) (256×)H7272 1. foot (body part) (236×)H8354 1. drink, consume liquid (209×)H3205 1. Qal active: bear/give birth (female subject) (204×)H3205 2. Qal active: beget/father (male subject) (198×)H2421 1. Qal: live, be alive (177×)H8085 2. Qal: listen, heed, pay attention (172×)H2416a 1. alive, living (state/attribute) (146×)H2416e 1. life, lifespan, lifetime (145×)G2198 1. be alive, have life (133×)H8193 1. lip, lips (body part) (123×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† תְּנוּמָה n.f. slumber;—abs. ψ 132:4 Pr 6:4; pl. תְּנוּמוֹת Pr 6:10 + 2 times;—slumber as time of visions Jb 33:15 (‖ תַּרְדֵּמָה); of indolent slumber ψ 132:4 (‖ שְׁנָת) Pr 6:4 (‖ שׁנה) in both c. נָתַן, sq. acc. + לְ; 6:10; 24:33 (both ‖ שׁנות, שׁכב).