When thou shalt beget children, and children’s children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke him to anger: (Deuteronomy 4:25)
Literally, “fallen asleep.” The Hebrew word thus used means “to sleep,” and may be used figuratively of the dulling spiritual life, or the loss of one’s first impressions.