נוּם nûwm

Meaning

to slumber (from drowsiness)

In the King James Version: sleep, slumber.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Psalms 76:5 The valiant lie plundered; they sleep their last sleep. No men of might could lift a hand.
• Psalms 121:3 He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.
• Psalms 121:4 Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
• Isaiah 5:27 None of them grows weary or stumbles; no one slumbers or sleeps. No belt is loose and no sandal strap is broken.
• Isaiah 56:10 Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.
• Nahum 3:18 O king of Assyria, your shepherds slumber; your officers sleep. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.