Hebrew noun (feminine) · H8639
תַּרְדֵּמָה
tardemahtar-day-maw'
deep sleep
7 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tardêmâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8639is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8639
a lethargy or (by implication) trance
The King James renders it: deep sleep.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
tardemah is rendered "deep sleep". It stands 7 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in Genesis, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 2:21So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
Genesis 2:21תַּרְדֵּמָ֛ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- deep sleep4
- a deep sleep1
- and a deep sleep1
- the deep sleep of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| תַּרְשִׁישׁ | tarshish | jasper | Uses7 |
| תַּרְבִּית | tarbith | increment | Uses6 |
| תַּרְעֵלָה | tarelah | reeling | Uses3 |
| תַּרְתָּן | Tartan | Tartan | Uses2 |
| תַּרְתָּק | Tartaq | Tartak | Uses1 |
| תַּרְבּוּת | tarbuth | increase | Uses1 |
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- וְתַרְדֵּמָ֖ה1
- תַּרְדֵּמָ֛ה1
- תַּ֝רְדֵּמָ֗ה1
- תַּ֭רְדֵּמָה1
- תַּרְדֵּמָ֑ה1
- תַּרְדֵּמָ֔ה1
- תַּרְדֵּמַ֣ת1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular5HNcfsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1HC/Ncfsa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
Genesis
two uses
So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh.
- תַּרְדֵּמָ֛הtardemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a deep sleep
As the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.
- וְתַרְדֵּמָ֖הvetardemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and a deep sleep
1 Samuel
one use
So David took the spear and water jug by Saul’s head, and they departed. No one saw them or knew about it, nor did anyone wake up; they all remained asleep, because a deep sleep from the LORD had fallen on them.
- תַּרְדֵּמַ֣תtardematnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: the deep sleep of
Job
two uses
In disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,
- תַּ֝רְדֵּמָ֗הtardemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deep sleep
In a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,
- תַּ֭רְדֵּמָהtardemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deep sleep
Proverbs
one use
Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
- תַּרְדֵּמָ֑הtardemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deep sleep
Isaiah
one use
For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
- תַּרְדֵּמָ֔הtardemahnoun · feminine singulartagged: deep sleep
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.