What does שֵׁנָה (šēnāh) mean in the Bible?
שֵׁנָה (šēnāh) is a Hebrew word meaning "sleep".
Hebrew · H8142
שֵׁנָה
Sleep
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שֵׁנָהH8142
Pronunciationšēnāh
What does שֵׁנָה (šēnāh) mean in the Bible?
שֵׁנָה (šēnāh) is a Hebrew word meaning "sleep".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H8142?
The BSB source-word alignment has 23 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include sleep (7), . . . (3), from his sleep (3), and sleep (2), from sleep (1).
Where does שֵׁנָה (šēnāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 28:16. Its strongest book concentrations include Proverbs (7), Jeremiah (3), Psalms (3), Ecclesiastes (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itsleep7×Esther 6:1, Psalms 127:2, Proverbs 6:4, Proverbs 6:10
. . .3×Genesis 28:16, Jeremiah 51:39, Jeremiah 51:57
from his sleep3×Judges 16:14, Judges 16:20, Zechariah 4:1
and sleep2×Genesis 31:40, Daniel 2:1
from sleep1×Job 14:12
from your sleep1×Proverbs 6:9
in their sleep1×Psalms 90:5
My sleep1×Jeremiah 31:26
of slumber1×Proverbs 4:16
The sleep1×Ecclesiastes 5:12
their last sleep1×Psalms 76:5
your sleep1×Proverbs 3:24
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Genesis 28:16מִשְּׁנָתוֹ֒to. . .Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularGenesis 31:40שְׁנָתִ֖יtoand sleepNoun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularJudges 16:14מִשְּׁנָת֔וֹtofrom his sleepPreposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularJudges 16:20מִשְּׁנָת֗וֹtofrom his sleepPreposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularEsther 6:1שְׁנַ֣תtosleepNoun - feminine singular constructJob 14:12מִשְּׁנָתָֽם׃tofrom sleepPreposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine pluralPsalms 76:5שְׁנָתָ֑םtotheir last sleepNoun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine pluralPsalms 90:5שֵׁנָ֣הtoin their sleepNoun - feminine singularPsalms 127:2שֵׁנָֽא׃tosleepNoun - feminine singularProverbs 3:24שְׁנָתֶֽךָ׃toyour sleepNoun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowGenesis 28:16
Aligned rows23
Books represented10
Genesis2Judges2Esther1Job1Psalms3Proverbs7Ecclesiastes2Jeremiah3Daniel1Zechariah1
Source forms
שֵׁנָ֣ה2xšê·nāhPsalms 90:5, Proverbs 6:4
שֵׁ֭נוֹת2xšē·nôt̲Proverbs 6:10, Proverbs 24:33
שְׁנַ֣ת2xšə·naṯEsther 6:1, Ecclesiastes 5:12
שְׁנַת־2xšə·naṯ-Jeremiah 51:39, Jeremiah 51:57
וּשְׁנָת֖וֹ1xū·šə·nā·ṯōwDaniel 2:1
וּשְׁנָתִ֖י1xū·šə·nā·ṯîJeremiah 31:26
מִשְּׁנָתוֹ֒1xmiš·šə·nā·ṯōwGenesis 28:16
מִשְּׁנָת֔וֹ1xmiš·šə·nā·ṯōwJudges 16:14
Parsing patterns
Noun - feminine singular5xPsalms 90:5, Psalms 127:2, Proverbs 6:4, Proverbs 20:13
Noun - feminine singular construct4xEsther 6:1, Ecclesiastes 5:12, Jeremiah 51:39, Jeremiah 51:57
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular4xGenesis 28:16, Judges 16:14, Judges 16:20, Zechariah 4:1
Noun - feminine plural2xProverbs 6:10, Proverbs 24:33
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural2xPsalms 76:5, Proverbs 4:16
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular1xJeremiah 31:26
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular1xDaniel 2:1
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular1xGenesis 31:40
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. sleep
Source Gloss
sleep
Extended definitionSource: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
sleep Usage: sleep.
Grammatical Forms
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Selected Scripture Witnesses
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Biblical Witnesses
Excessive sleep as laziness and poverty, contrasted with diligence
Sleep that falls upon the idle, resulting in hunger and deprivation
Loving sleep as a vice leading to poverty and lack of provision
Sleep as metaphor for death and the brief temporal existence of humanity
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