רָדַם (b. h.) to benumb. Part. pass. רָדוּם; pl. רְדוּמִים fast asleep. Esth. R. to III, 9 עד … ר׳ בשינה how long yet will (you) the fathers of the world be sunk in sleep?
    Nif. - נִרְדַּם to be overcome by sleep. Pes. X, 8 (120ᵇ) נִרְדְּמוּ לא וכ׳ if they have been fast asleep, at the end of the Passover meal, they dare not eat again, opp. נתנמנמו. Tanḥ. Vayikra 8 יונה … נ׳ וישן Jonah, in the anguish of his soul, was overcome and fell asleep. Ib. אנו … ואתה נִרְדָּם we are standing between life and death, and thou art asleep?