The Meaning of Proverbs 19:15 Explained

Proverbs 19:15

KJV: Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.

YLT: Sloth causeth deep sleep to fall, And an indolent soul doth hunger.

Darby: Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep, and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

ASV: Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; And the idle soul shall suffer hunger.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Slothfulness  casteth  into a deep sleep;  and an idle  soul  shall suffer hunger. 

What does Proverbs 19:15 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 19

1  Life and Conduct

What do the individual words in Proverbs 19:15 mean?

Laziness casts [one] into a deep sleep and an idle person will suffer hunger
עַ֭צְלָה תַּפִּ֣יל תַּרְדֵּמָ֑ה וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ רְמִיָּ֣ה תִרְעָֽב

עַ֭צְלָה  Laziness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: עַצְלָה 
Sense: sluggishness, laziness.
תַּפִּ֣יל  casts  [one] 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
תַּרְדֵּמָ֑ה  into  a  deep  sleep 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תַּרְדֵּמָה  
Sense: deep sleep, trance.
וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ  and  an 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: נֶפֶשׁ  
Sense: soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion.
רְמִיָּ֣ה  idle  person 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: רְמִיָּה 
Sense: laxness, slackness, slackening, deceit, treachery.
תִרְעָֽב  will  suffer  hunger 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: רָעֵב 
Sense: to be hungry, be voracious.