נוּם

נוּםII (b. h.) to slumber. Hithpalp. הִתְנַמְנֵם, Nithpalp. נִתְנַמְנֵם to be drowsy; to nap. Meg.II, 2 ומִתְנַמְנֵם or (he read the Book of Esther) while he was half asleep. Pes.X, 8 נִתְנַמְנְמוּ if they napped (at the table), opp. נרדמו. Ib. 120b; Meg.18b היכי דמי נתנמנם what condition is meant by nithnamnem?, v. נים. Yoma I, 7 בקש להִתְנַמְנֵם if he showed a disposition to fall asleep; a. fr.Koh. R. to V, 11 (in Chald. dict.) נתנ׳ עבדא ודמך ליה the slave was overcome with drowsiness and fell asleep.