נוּם nûwm — to slumber (from drowsiness)
Translated in the KJV as sleep, slumber.
a primitive root; to slumber (from drowsiness).
nûwm in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
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.
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.
יָ֭נוּם Ps 121:4 Imperfect (yiqtol), 3rd person masculine singular
Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
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 ›