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# רָדַם

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H7290

**be in** — used 7 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

be in [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7290/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

רָדַם: vb. be in fall into, heavy sleep [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7290/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be in, or fall into, heavy sleep (NH id.; cf. Arabic رَدَمَ stop up (door, gap, etc.), whence perhaps be deaf (stopped up) to sounds, etc.);—Pf. 3 ms. נִרְדַּם Ju 4:21; 1 s. נִרְדַּמְתִּי Dn 8:8; Impf. 3 ms. וַיֵּרָדֵם Jon 1:5; Pt. נִרְדָּם Pr 10:5 + 3 times;—be or fall fast asleep: Ju 4:21; Jon 1:5 (after וַיִּשְׁכַּב), v 6 (pt., Ges§ 120b DaSynt. § 70(a)); pt. as subst. נִרְדָּם בַּקָּצִיר Pr 10:5; of sleep of death ψ 76:7; stunning effect of awe and dread Dn 8:18; 10:9 (both + אָ֑רְצָה \[וּפָנַי\] עַל־פָּנַי).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 7 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: \[was\] sleeping (2); I was dazed (1); \[one who\] sleeps (1).

## In the verses

[Psalms 76:7](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.76.7/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.76.7/#tree)

מִ֭גַּעֲרָ֣תְךָ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יַעֲקֹ֑ב נִ֝רְדָּ֗ם וְרֶ֣כֶב וָסֽוּס׃

*Word for word:* from rebuke your O.God of.Jacob \[was\].sleeping and chariot and horse

*JPS 1917:* At Thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, they are cast into a dead sleep, the riders also and the horses.

[Proverbs 10:5](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.5/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.10.5/#tree)

אֹגֵ֣ר בַּ֭קַּיִץ בֵּ֣ן מַשְׂכִּ֑יל נִרְדָּ֥ם בַּ֝קָּצִ֗יר בֵּ֣ן מֵבִֽישׁ׃

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].gathers in the summer \[is\].a.son \[who\].acts.prudently \[one.who\].sleeps at the harvest \[is\].a.son \[who\].acts.shamefully

*JPS 1917:* A wise son gathereth in summer; but a son that doeth shamefully sleepeth in harvest.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/7290.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1512/7290/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).