נם

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
נ־ו־ם (n-w-m)
1 term

Compare Aramaic נָם (nām), Arabic نَامَ (nāma).

Pronunciation

Verb

נָם • (nám) (pa'al construction)

  1. to slumber
    • Tanach, Psalms 121:4, with translation of the New International Version:
      הִנֵּה לֹא־יָנוּם וְלֹא יִישָׁן שׁוֹמֵר יִשְׂרָאֵל.
      hiné lo yanúm v'lo yishán shomér yisra'él.
      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,

Conjugation

Conjugation of נָם (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לָנוּם
action noun תְּנוּמָה
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

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Synonyms

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