What does שֵׁנָה (šēnāh) mean in the Bible?
שֵׁנָה (šēnāh) is a Hebrew word meaning "sleep".
Hebrew · H8142
שֵׁנָה
Sleep
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שֵׁנָה H8142
Pronunciation šēnāh
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 It sleep 7× Esther 6:1, Psalms 127:2, Proverbs 6:4, Proverbs 6:10
. . . 3× Genesis 28:16, Jeremiah 51:39, Jeremiah 51:57
from his sleep 3× Judges 16:14, Judges 16:20, Zechariah 4:1
and sleep 2× Genesis 31:40, Daniel 2:1
from sleep 1× Job 14:12
from your sleep 1× Proverbs 6:9
in their sleep 1× Psalms 90:5
My sleep 1× Jeremiah 31:26
of slumber 1× Proverbs 4:16
The sleep 1× Ecclesiastes 5:12
their last sleep 1× Psalms 76:5
your sleep 1× Proverbs 3:24
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 28:16 מִשְּׁנָתוֹ֒ to . . . Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Genesis 31:40 שְׁנָתִ֖י to and sleep Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Judges 16:14 מִשְּׁנָת֔וֹ to from his sleep Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Judges 16:20 מִשְּׁנָת֗וֹ to from his sleep Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Esther 6:1 שְׁנַ֣ת to sleep Noun - feminine singular construct Job 14:12 מִשְּׁנָתָֽם׃ to from sleep Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Psalms 76:5 שְׁנָתָ֑ם to their last sleep Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural Psalms 90:5 שֵׁנָ֣ה to in their sleep Noun - feminine singular Psalms 127:2 שֵׁנָֽא׃ to sleep Noun - feminine singular Proverbs 3:24 שְׁנָתֶֽךָ׃ to your sleep Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 28:16
Aligned rows 23
Books represented 10
Genesis 2 Judges 2 Esther 1 Job 1 Psalms 3 Proverbs 7 Ecclesiastes 2 Jeremiah 3 Daniel 1 Zechariah 1
Source forms
שֵׁנָ֣ה 2x šê·nāh Psalms 90:5, Proverbs 6:4
שֵׁ֭נוֹת 2x šē·nôt̲ Proverbs 6:10, Proverbs 24:33
שְׁנַ֣ת 2x šə·naṯ Esther 6:1, Ecclesiastes 5:12
שְׁנַת־ 2x šə·naṯ- Jeremiah 51:39, Jeremiah 51:57
וּשְׁנָת֖וֹ 1x ū·šə·nā·ṯōw Daniel 2:1
וּשְׁנָתִ֖י 1x ū·šə·nā·ṯî Jeremiah 31:26
מִשְּׁנָתוֹ֒ 1x miš·šə·nā·ṯōw Genesis 28:16
מִשְּׁנָת֔וֹ 1x miš·šə·nā·ṯōw Judges 16:14
Parsing patterns
Noun - feminine singular 5x Psalms 90:5, Psalms 127:2, Proverbs 6:4, Proverbs 20:13
Noun - feminine singular construct 4x Esther 6:1, Ecclesiastes 5:12, Jeremiah 51:39, Jeremiah 51:57
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular 4x Genesis 28:16, Judges 16:14, Judges 16:20, Zechariah 4:1
Noun - feminine plural 2x Proverbs 6:10, Proverbs 24:33
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural 2x Psalms 76:5, Proverbs 4:16
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular 1x Jeremiah 31:26
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular 1x Daniel 2:1
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular 1x Genesis 31:40
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. sleep
Source Gloss
sleep
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
sleep Usage: sleep.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
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
Showing 4 selected witnesses from 23 lexical occurrence verses.
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain