שֵׁינָה

שֵׁינָה, שֵׁנָהf. (b. h.; יָשֵׁן) sleep. Ber.3b מעולם לא עבר … בש׳ midnight never found me asleep. Ib. 62b ש׳ בעמודוכ׳ sleep at morning dawn (v. שֵׁינָא I). Meg.15b שְׁנַתוכ׳, v. נָדַד. Succ.26a שֵׁינַת, v. עַרְאַי Ib. במוסר שֵׁינָתוֹוכ׳ when he gives his sleep in charge of others (gives orders to wake him up). Yoma I, 4 המאכל מביא את הש׳ eating causes sleepiness. Tam.28a אונס ש׳ being overcome by sleep. Snh.93b שהיו אונסין … ומן הש׳ they forced themselves not to laugh, talk, or fall asleep. Kidd.49b עשרה ש׳וכ׳ ten measures of sleep have come down to the world, nine of which the slaves have taken ; a. fr.