The meaning of “שֵׁנָה”
Understanding shênâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or שֵׁנָא shênâʼ (shay-naw'); (Psalm 127:2), from יָשֵׁן sleep. - sleep 1) sleep
שֵׁנָה
or שֵׁנָא shênâʼ (shay-naw'); (Psalm 127:2), from יָשֵׁן sleep. - sleep 1) sleep
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 31:40 | “Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.” Word: שֵׁנָה (shênâh) | |
| Esther 6:1 | “On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.” Word: שֵׁנָה (shênâh) | |
| Psalms 90:5 | “Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.” Word: שֵׁנָה (shênâh) | |
| Ecclesiastes 8:16 | “When I applied mine heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done upon the earth: (for also there is that neither day nor night seeth sleep with his eyes:)” Word: שֵׁנָה (shênâh) | |
| Daniel 2:1 | “And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.” Word: שֵׁנָה (shênâh) |
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