Lexicon
הָזָה
ha.zah
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H:V Hebrew

to dream

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ha.zah describes the watchmen as dreaming while lying down and loving sleep.

The lone attestation depicts watchmen as dreaming in a scene of inaction: they are unable to bark, lie down, and are described as lovers of slumber.

Senses in use

  1. Dreaming in a state of slumber · dominant

    In Isaiah 56:10, the masculine plural active participle occurs in the description of watchmen who cannot bark and are lying down; the APB renders the clause "they are dreaming, lying down, lovers of slumber."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Isaiah 56:10, the APB presents the participial description with "they are dreaming" amid the watchmen's lying down and love of slumber.

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