נוּם nûwm — to slumber (from drowsiness)

pronounced noom · Strong's H5123 · 6 occurrences in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Qal (Pa'al)

Translated in the KJV as sleep, slumber.

a primitive root; to slumber (from drowsiness).

nûwm in each stem

Qal (Pa'al) 6×

Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it

Perfect (qatal) 2Imperfect (yiqtol) 2Jussive 1Infinitive construct 1

נָמ֣וּ Ps 76:6 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person common plural

At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, both the chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep. (KJV)

יָ֝נ֗וּם Ps 121:3 Jussive, 3rd person masculine singular

He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. (KJV)

יָ֭נוּם Ps 121:4 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular

Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. (KJV)

What the stems mean

A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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