נם
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Hebrew
[edit]Etymology
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נ־ו־ם (n-w-m) |
Compare Aramaic נָם (nām), Arabic نَامَ (nāma).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA(key): /ˈnam/
- Rhymes: -am
Verb
[edit]נָם • (nám) (pa'al construction)
- to slumber
- Tanach, Psalms 121:4, with translation of the New International Version:
- הִנֵּה לֹא־יָנוּם וְלֹא יִישָׁן שׁוֹמֵר יִשְׂרָאֵל.
- hiné lo yanúm vəlo yishán shomér yisraél.
- Indeed, he who watches over Israel never slumbers or sleeps.
- 993 CE – c. 1056, Samuel HaNagid, The Sea Between You and Me 14:
- וְאָנוּם עֵת וְאִיקַץ עֵת –
וְאַתְּ לָעַד בְנוּמָתְךָ,- And at times I sleep and at times I awake –
and you're forever in your sleep,
- And at times I sleep and at times I awake –
- וְאָנוּם עֵת וְאִיקַץ עֵת –
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of נָם (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
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finite forms | singular | plural | |||
m. | f. | m. | f. | ||
past | first | נַמְתִּי | נַמְנוּ | ||
second | נַמְתָּ | נַמְתְּ | נַמְתֶּם | נַמְתֶּן | |
third | נָם | נָמָה | נָמוּ | ||
present | נָם | נָמָה | נָמִים | נָמוֹת | |
future | first | אָנוּם | נָנוּם | ||
second | תָּנוּם | תָּנוּמִי | תָּנוּמוּ | תנומנה / תָּנֹמְנָה1 | |
third | יָנוּם | תָּנוּם | יָנוּמוּ | תנומנה / תָּנֹמְנָה1 | |
imperative | נוּם | נוּמִי | נוּמוּ | נומנה / נֹמְנָה1 | |
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Synonyms
[edit]- יָשֵׁן (yashén)