שְׁנָה
she.nah (H8142)
sleep
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The Hebrew word שְׁנָה (she.nah), Strong's number H8142, carries the simple meaning of "sleep." With 23 occurrences in the Bible, this verb is used to describe a range of experiences, from literal physical rest to a figurative loss of awareness or consciousness. In its various applications, she.nah can convey fatigue, exhaustion, or even a state of numbness or insensibility. The significance of she.nah in the Bible extends beyond its literal meaning, as it is often employed in metaphors and idioms to describe spiritual or emotional states. For example, it can represent ignorance or a lack of understanding, as when one is "asleep" to the truth or wisdom. Its usage in this sense underscores the idea that spiritual or moral awareness is not always a constant state, but rather something that requires attention and effort to maintain. Through its various uses, she.nah serves as a reminder that rest and relaxation are essential, but can also have consequences if taken to excess or used as an excuse for complacency or avoidance of responsibilities.
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Jacob awakened out of his sleep, and he said, “Surely Yahweh is in this place, and I didn’t know it.”
This was my situation: in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from my eyes.
She fastened it with the pin, and said to him, “The Philistines are on you, Samson!” He awakened out of his sleep, and plucked away the pin of the beam and the fabric.
She said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” He awoke out of his sleep, and said, “I will go out as at other times, and shake myself free.” But he didn’t know that Yahweh had departed from him.
On that night, the king couldn’t sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.
so man lies down and doesn’t rise. Until the heavens are no more, they will not awake, nor be roused out of their sleep.
Valiant men lie plundered, they have slept their last sleep. None of the men of war can lift their hands.
You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
For they don’t sleep unless they do evil. Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
Give no sleep to your eyes, nor slumber to your eyelids.
How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,
The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (even though eyes see no sleep day or night),
When they are heated, I will make their feast, and I will make them drunk, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up,” says Yahweh.
I will make her princes, her wise men, her governors, her deputies, and her mighty men drunk. They will sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up,” says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies.
In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams; and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.
The angel who talked with me came again, and wakened me, as a man who is wakened out of his sleep.