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# slumber

noun (slumber, slumbers); verb (slumber, slumbers, slumbered, slumbering)

«slumber» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (literary) Sleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slumber/#m1)
2. (verb, literary) To sleep, often peacefully. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slumber/#m2)
3. (figurative) A time of being quiet or inactive, like a volcano that has not erupted for years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slumber/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories, poems and fairy tales slumber is a gentle, old-fashioned word for sleep — Sleeping Beauty falls into a deep slumber. In everyday talk, «slumber party» is a sleepover (USA). In science, a slumbering volcano is dormant.

### Examples

- The princess fell into a deep slumber. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slumber/#x1)
- The baby slumbered peacefully in her cot. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slumber/#x2)
- We had a slumber party with pillows and popcorn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slumber/#x3)
- The dog was disturbed from its slumber by the doorbell. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slumber/#x4)
- The volcano has slumbered for a hundred years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slumber/#x5)
- "Do not wake the dragon from its slumber," whispered the wizard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slumber/#x6)
- But still his brothers slumber on. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slumber/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb. Mostly literary; in normal talk say «sleep». «Slumber party» is American for a sleepover.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The Psalm says God who guards Israel never slumbers or sleeps. Tradition reads this as God's constant watching over His people. In the primary lessons: In stories, poems and fairy tales slumber is a gentle, old-fashioned word for sleep — Sleeping Beauty falls into a deep slumber. In everyday talk, «slumber party» is a sleepover (USA). In science, a slumbering volcano is dormant.

### Examples

- Behold, He that keepeth Israel doth neither slumber nor sleep. (Writings PSA.121.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slumber/#x1)
- Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. (Writings PRO.6.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slumber/#x2)
- I will not give sleep to mine eyes, nor slumber to mine eyelids; (Writings PSA.132.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slumber/#x3)

### Note

Regular verb. Mostly literary; in normal talk say «sleep». «Slumber party» is American for a sleepover.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «slumber» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slumber/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «slumber» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/slumber/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«slumber» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/slumber.html) on Mova free.