Proverbs 19:15:3Prov.19.15.W3TAB
תַּרְדֵּמָ֑ה
tardema
“deep sleep”
- Transliteration
- tar-de-MA
- Extended
- tahr-deh-MAA
- IPA
- /tar.dɛˈmaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- 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
- clause
A-tsa-la ta-PIL tar-de-MA
- sentence
A-tsa-la ta-PIL tar-de-MA ve-NE-fesh re-MI-ya tir-AV
Exegesis
In the first clause, the noun atzlah {עַצְלָה | ʿaṣ-lāh} ‘laziness’ functions as subject of the Hiphil imperfect tappîl {תַּפִּיל | tappîl} ‘will bring down’, governing the object tardēmāh {תַּרְדֵּמָה | tardēmāh} ‘deep sleep’.
Root and etymology
r-d-mresh–dalet–mem
“to fall into deep sleep”
In context — Proverbs 19:15
Laziness will bring on a deep sleep , and an idle soul will go hungry.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 19:15:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Proverbs 19:15, so the Hebrew word תַּרְדֵּמָ֑ה (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 Prov.19.15.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.19.15.W3.S1) and character.