ya.qats denotes waking from sleep or a dream, including a comparison of the Lord to one who wakes.

The verb describes a person’s transition from sleep or a dream into wakefulness: Jacob wakes from sleep, Pharaoh and Solomon wake after dreams, and Samson wakes when warned. The same observed use also appears in a hypothetical call for a sleeping god to be awakened and in Psalm 78:65, where the Lord is compared to one waking from sleep.

1. Waking from sleep or a dream · dominant

   The Qal sequential imperfect forms mark waking in narrative scenes: in Genesis 28:16 the APB renders Jacob waking “from his sleep,” while Genesis 41:7 presents Pharaoh waking and recognizing that the experience was a dream. In Judges 16:20 Samson wakes from sleep in response to the warning, and Psalm 78:65 uses the same action in a comparison of the Lord to one sleeping.

   Genesis 28:16Genesis 41:71 Kings 3:15Judges 16:20Psalm 78:651 Kings 18:27

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB commonly uses “awoke,” including after dreams and “from his sleep.” In 1 Kings 18:27 it instead says a sleeping god “must be awakened”; this reflects the verse’s hypothetical wording.