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*wšn - to sleep
(SED I No. 82ᵥ)
possibly derived from the nominal root
*šin-at-
‘sleep’
Words
Ugaritic
yšn
- to sleep
(DUL 988)
It is only in Ugaritic and Hebrew that yšn functions as the main verb with the meaning ‘to sleep’.
Hebrew
yšn
- to sleep
(HALOT 447)
Arabic
wsn
- être endormi d’un profond sommeil; être dans son premier somme; sommeiller (to sleep deeply; to slumber)
(BK 2 1538)