What does תַּרְדֵּמָה (tardēmāh) mean in the Bible?
תַּרְדֵּמָה (tardēmāh): Divinely induced unconsciousness enabling God's sovereign action without human resistance or awareness
Hebrew · H8639
תַּרְדֵּמָה
A lethargy or (by implication) trance
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תַּרְדֵּמָה H8639
Pronunciation tardēmāh
What does תַּרְדֵּמָה (tardēmāh) mean in the Bible?
תַּרְדֵּמָה (tardēmāh): Divinely induced unconsciousness enabling God's sovereign action without human resistance or awareness
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H8639?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include a deep sleep (3), when deep sleep (2), deep sleep (1), of deep sleep (1).
Where does תַּרְדֵּמָה (tardēmāh) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 2:21. Its strongest book concentrations include Genesis (2), Job (2), 1 Samuel (1), Isaiah (1).
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 a deep sleep 3× Genesis 2:21, Genesis 15:12, 1 Samuel 26:12
when deep sleep 2× Job 4:13, Job 33:15
deep sleep 1× Proverbs 19:15
of deep sleep 1× Isaiah 29:10
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 2:21 תַּרְדֵּמָ֛ה to a deep sleep Noun - feminine singular Genesis 15:12 וְתַרְדֵּמָ֖ה to a deep sleep Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular 1 Samuel 26:12 תַּרְדֵּמַ֣ת to a deep sleep Noun - feminine singular construct Job 4:13 תַּ֝רְדֵּמָ֗ה to when deep sleep Noun - feminine singular Job 33:15 תַּ֭רְדֵּמָה to when deep sleep Noun - feminine singular Proverbs 19:15 תַּרְדֵּמָ֑ה to deep sleep Noun - feminine singular Isaiah 29:10 תַּרְדֵּמָ֔ה to of deep sleep Noun - feminine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 2:21
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 5
Genesis 2 1 Samuel 1 Job 2 Proverbs 1 Isaiah 1
Source forms
וְתַרְדֵּמָ֖ה 1x wə·ṯar·dê·māh Genesis 15:12
תַּרְדֵּמָ֛ה 1x tar·dê·māh Genesis 2:21
תַּ֝רְדֵּמָ֗ה 1x tar·dê·māh Job 4:13
תַּ֭רְדֵּמָה 1x tar·dê·māh Job 33:15
תַּרְדֵּמָ֑ה 1x tar·dê·māh Proverbs 19:15
תַּרְדֵּמָ֔ה 1x tar·dê·māh Isaiah 29:10
תַּרְדֵּמַ֣ת 1x tar·dê·maṯ 1 Samuel 26:12
Parsing patterns
Noun - feminine singular 5x Genesis 2:21, Job 4:13, Job 33:15, Proverbs 19:15
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular 1x Genesis 15:12
Noun - feminine singular construct 1x 1 Samuel 26:12
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Divinely induced unconsciousness enabling God's sovereign action without human resistance or awareness
Source Gloss
a lethargy or (by implication) trance
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Divinely induced unconsciousness enabling God's sovereign action without human resistance or awareness
a lethargy or (by implication) trance BDB: deep sleep Usage: deep sleep.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Old Testament Witnesses
Heavy sleep or stupor.
Showing 1 selected witness from 7 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
תַּרְדֵּמָה is built from this root:
Why This Word Matters
Describes judicial hardening that dulls spiritual perception. Isaiah 29:9-16
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