Genesis 2:21:4Gen.2.21.W4TAB
תַּרְדֵּמָ֛ה
tardema
“a deep sleep”
- Transliteration
- tar-de-MA
- Extended
- tahr-deh-MAA
- IPA
- /tar.deːˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- a deep sleep
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r | |
| Sheva | silent sheva — no sound; closes the syllable | |
| Dalet | d as in door | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
tar-de-MA
- phraseyour reading level
va-yap-PEL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM tar-de-MA
- clause
va-yap-PEL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM tar-de-MA al-ha-a-DAM va-yi-SHAN
- sentence
va-yap-PEL Ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HIM tar-de-MA al-ha-a-DAM va-yi-SHAN va-yik-KAKH a-KHAT mi-tsal-o-THAV va-yis-GOR ba-SAR takh-TEN-na
Exegesis
The noun tardemah {תַּרְדֵּמָ֛ה | tar-dē-māh} ‘deep sleep’ functions as a divine-induced, extraordinary state.
Root and etymology
r-d-m
“to be in a deep sleep, trance”
In context — Genesis 2:21
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept. Then He took one of his ribs and closed the flesh in its place.
About this coordinate
Genesis 2:21:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Genesis 2:21, so the Hebrew word תַּרְדֵּמָ֛ה (tardema) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Gen.2.21.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Gen.2.21.W4.S1) and character.