שֵׁנָה (šēnâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning sleep. It appears 23 times in 10 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8142).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 928c)

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שֵׁנָה noun, feminine: sleep

Strong's H8142 שֵׁנָה: sleep
KJV:sleep.

Strong's H8153 שְׁנָת: sleep
KJV:sleep.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 928: יָשֵׁן yāšēn — sleep; go to sleep; become inactive, stationary; be slack, languid, die, grow old, stale, inveterate; old, remain long

• יָשֵׁן yāšēn — sleep
• יָשֵׁן yāšēn — sleeping
• יָשָׁן yāšān — old
• שְׁנָת šĕnāt — sleep

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