Proverbs 6:10:2Prov.6.10.W2TAB
שֵׁ֭נוֹת
shenot
“sleep”
- Transliteration
- she-NOT
- Extended
- sheh-NOHT
- IPA
- /ʃeːˈnoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- sleep
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Nun | n as in new | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-NOT
- clause
me-AT she-NOT me-AT te-nu-MOT
- sentence
me-AT she-NOT me-AT te-nu-MOT me-AT khi-BUK ya-DA-yim lish-KAV
Exegesis
Each phrase consists of a noun—in the first two, shenot {שֵׁנוֹת | šê-nôṯ} ‘sleep’ and tenumot {תְּנוּמוֹת | tə-nū-môṯ} ‘slumber’—and, in the final phrase, chibuk {חִבֻּק | ḥîbbûq} ‘folding’ with its complement yada-yim {יָדַיִם | yāḏayim} ‘hands’ and the infinitive lishkav {לִשְׁכָּב | liškāḇ} ‘to lie down’. The repetition of me'at yields an iterative, cumulative structure. The pairing of shenot and tenumot functions as synonymous intensification. The construct relation between chibuk and yada-yim signals deliberate nonaction. The infinitive lishkav expresses purpose or habitual disposition. The Hebrew tricolon builds a climactic progression, and English translation preserves this paratactic list and intensification through parallel phrase structure.
Root and etymology
š–n–hshin–nun–heh
“to sleep”
In context — Proverbs 6:10
A little sleep, a little slumber , a little folding of the hands to lie down.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:10:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 6:10, so the Hebrew word שֵׁ֭נוֹת (shenot) 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.6.10.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.10.W2.S1) and character.