נרדם

Hebrew

Root
ר־ד־ם (r-d-m)
3 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

נִרְדַּם • (nirdám) (nif'al construction)

  1. (Biblical Hebrew) to sleep deeply, fall into a deep sleep
    • Tanach, Judges 4:21, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַתִּקַּח יָעֵל אֵשֶׁת־חֶבֶר אֶת־יְתַד הָאֹהֶל וַתָּשֶׂם אֶת־הַמַּקֶּבֶת בְּיָדָהּ וַתָּבוֹא אֵלָיו בַּלָּאט וַתִּתְקַע אֶת־הַיָּתֵד בְּרַקָּתוֹ וַתִּצְנַח בָּאָרֶץ וְהוּא־נִרְדָּם וַיָּעַף וַיָּמֹת׃
      Then Jael Heber’s wife took a tent-pin, and took a hammer in her hand, and went softly unto him, and smote the pin into his temples, and it pierced through into the ground; for he was in a deep sleep; so he swooned and died.
    • Tanach, Jonah 1:5, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיִּירְאוּ הַמַּלָּחִים וַיִּזְעֲקוּ אִישׁ אֶל־אֱלֹהָיו וַיָּטִלוּ אֶת־הַכֵּלִים אֲשֶׁר בָּאֳנִיָּה אֶל־הַיָּם לְהָקֵל מֵעֲלֵיהֶם וְיוֹנָה יָרַד אֶל־יַרְכְּתֵי הַסְּפִינָה וַיִּשְׁכַּב וַיֵּרָדַם׃
      And the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god; and they cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it unto them. But Jonah was gone down into the innermost parts of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.
  2. (Modern Israeli Hebrew) to fall asleep

Conjugation

Conjugation of נִרְדַּם (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive להירדם / לְהֵרָדֵם
action noun הירדמות / הֵרָדְמוּת
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first נִרְדַּמְתִּי נִרְדַּמְנוּ
second נִרְדַּמְתָּ נִרְדַּמְתְּ נִרְדַּמְתֶּם נִרְדַּמְתֶּן
third נִרְדַּם נִרְדְּמָה נִרְדְּמוּ
present נִרְדָּם נִרְדֶּמֶת נִרְדָּמִים נִרְדָּמוֹת
future first אירדם / אֵרָדֵם נירדם / נֵרָדֵם
second תירדם / תֵּרָדֵם תירדמי / תֵּרָדְמִי תירדמו / תֵּרָדְמוּ תירדמנה / תֵּרָדֵמְנָה1
third יירדם / יֵרָדֵם תירדם / תֵּרָדֵם יירדמו / יֵרָדְמוּ תירדמנה / תֵּרָדֵמְנָה1
imperative הירדם / הֵרָדֵם הירדמי / הֵרָדְמִי הירדמו / הֵרָדְמוּ הירדמנה / הֵרָדֵמְנָה1

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

Derived terms

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