King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H8142
Transliteration: shenah or shena
Phonetic Spelling: (shay-naw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: sleep
Meaning: sleep
Word Summary
shenah or shena: sleep
Original Word: שֵׁנָהTransliteration: shenah or shena
Phonetic Spelling: (shay-naw')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: sleep
Meaning: sleep
Strong's Concordance
sleep Or shena (Psa. 127:2) {shay-naw'}; from yashen; sleep -- sleep.
see HEBREW yashen
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H8142. shenah
or shena שְׁנָת שֵׁנָא, שֵׁנָה,
noun feminine sleep — שֵׁנָה Psalm 90:5 3t.; שֵׁנָא 127:2, שְׁנָת 132:4 (Ges§ 80 g, h.); construct שְׁנַת Jeremiah 51:39 3t.; שְׁנָתִי Genesis 31:40; Jeremiah 31:26, etc.; plural absolute שֵׁנוֺת Proverbs 6:10; 24:33; — sleep Genesis 28:16 (J), Judges 16:14, 20; Proverbs 3:24; 6:9; 20:13; Ecclesiastes 5:11; Jeremiah 31:26; Zechariah 4:1; Proverbs 6:4 ("" תְּנוּמָה); תְּנוּמוֺת מְעַט שֵׁנוֺת מְעַט 6:10 = 24:33 (these two of sluggard עָצֵל אִישׁ; see also 6:9; 20:13); note also מֵעֵינָ֑י שְׁנָתִי וַתִּדּד Genesis 31:40 (E) and my sleep fled from mine eyes; הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁנַת נָ֑דֲדָה Esther 6:1; שְׁנָתָם וְנִגְזְלָה Proverbs 4:16; עָלָיו נִהְיְתָה וּשְׁנָתוֺ Daniel 2:1; רֹאֵה אֵינֶנּוּ בְּעֵינָיו שֵׁנָה Ecclesiastes 8:16; לְעֵינָ֑י שְׁנָת אֶתֵּן אִם Psalm 132:4 (all of lack of sleep); שֵׁנָ֑א לִידִידוֺ יִתֵּן 127:2 = he giveth to his beloved in sleep, compare Ges§ 118, 3; of sleep of death (so Arabic Dozyii. 806) Job 14:12; Psalm 90:5 (compare De Che); so, as accusative of congnate meaning with verb, 76:6; Jeremiah 51:39, 57 (in these two שְׁנַתעֿוֺלָם).
יֶשְׁנוֺ see יֵשׁ.