Proverbs 6:4:2Prov.6.4.W2TAB
שֵׁנָ֣ה
shena
“sleep”
- Transliteration
- she-NA
- Extended
- sheh-NAA
- IPA
- /ʃeːˈnaː/
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 | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
she-NA
- clause
al-ti-TEN she-NA le-e-NE-kha
- sentence
al-ti-TEN she-NA le-e-NE-kha u-te-nu-MA le-af-a-PE-kha
Exegesis
The imperfect titten {תִּתֵּ֣ן | tit-tēn} carries a jussive force governing two direct objects—shenah {שֵׁנָ֣ה | šē-nāh} ‘sleep’ and tnumah {וּ֝תְנוּמָ֗ה | wə-ten-û-māh} ‘slumber’—linked by the coordinating conjunction vav {וּ | wə} in a Hebrew merism for drowsiness.
Root and etymology
ש־נ־ה
“to sleep, slumber”
In context — Proverbs 6:4
Do not give sleep to your eyes or slumber to your eyelids.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 6:4:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Proverbs 6:4, so the Hebrew word שֵׁנָ֣ה (shena) 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.6.4.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.6.4.W2.S1) and character.