נם

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
נ־ו־ם (n-w-m)

Compare Aramaic נָם (nām), Arabic نَامَ (nāma).

Pronunciation

Verb

נָם • (nám) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to slumber
    • Tanach, Psalms 121:4, with translation of the New International Version:
      הִנֵּה לֹא־יָנוּם וְלֹא יִישָׁן שׁוֹמֵר יִשְׂרָאֵל.
      hiné lo yanúm vəlo yishán shomér yisraél.
      Indeed, he who watches over Israel never slumbers or sleeps.
    • 993 CE – c. 1056, Samuel HaNagid, The Sea Between You and Me 14:
      וְאָנוּם עֵת וְאִיקַץ עֵת –
      וְאַתְּ לָעַד בְנוּמָתְךָ,
      And at times I sleep and at times I awake –
      and you're forever in your sleep,

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