Word Study · Strong's H8639 · Hebrew
תַּרְדֵּמָה
tardemah
tar-day-maw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: tardêmâh
“a lethargy or (by implication) trance”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a lethargy or (by implication) trance
Rendered in the KJV as
deep sleep.
- 7occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 7inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 7 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 7
- וְתַרְדֵּמָ֖ה1
- תַּרְדֵּמָ֛ה1
- תַּ֝רְדֵּמָ֗ה1
- תַּ֭רְדֵּמָה1
- תַּרְדֵּמָ֑ה1
- תַּרְדֵּמָ֔ה1
- תַּרְדֵּמַ֣ת1
How it is rendered · 4
- deep sleep4
- a deep sleep1
- and a deep sleep1
- the deep sleep of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · feminine singular5
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular1
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcfsa · 5
- HC/Ncfsa · 1
- HNcfsc · 1
All 7, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 2:21תַּרְדֵּמָ֛הtardemahnoun · feminine singularSo 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.here: a deep sleep
- Genesis 15:12וְתַרְדֵּמָ֖הvetardemahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singularAs the sun was setting, Abram fell into a deep sleep, and suddenly great terror and darkness overwhelmed him.here: and a deep sleep
Job2 occurrences
- Job 4:13תַּ֝רְדֵּמָ֗הtardemahnoun · feminine singularIn disquieting visions in the night, when deep sleep falls on men,here: deep sleep
- Job 33:15תַּ֭רְדֵּמָהtardemahnoun · feminine singularIn a dream, in a vision in the night, when deep sleep falls upon men as they slumber on their beds,here: deep sleep