The Meaning of Proverbs 24:33 Explained

Proverbs 24:33

KJV: Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

YLT: A little sleep -- a little slumber -- A little folding of the hands to lie down.

Darby: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest!

ASV: Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep;

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[Yet] a little  sleep,  a little  slumber,  a little  folding  of the hands  to sleep: 

What does Proverbs 24:33 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 24

1  Precepts and Warnings

What do the individual words in Proverbs 24:33 mean?

Little a sleep a slumber little a folding of the hands to rest
מְעַ֣ט שֵׁ֭נוֹת תְּנוּמ֑וֹת מְעַ֓ט ׀ חִבֻּ֖ק יָדַ֣יִם לִשְׁכָּֽב

מְעַ֣ט  Little 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular construct
Root: מְעַט  
Sense: littleness, few, a little, fewness.
שֵׁ֭נוֹת  a  sleep 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: שֵׁנָא 
Sense: sleep.
תְּנוּמ֑וֹת  a  slumber 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: תְּנוּמָה  
Sense: slumber, slumberings, sleep.
מְעַ֓ט ׀  little 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular construct
Root: מְעַט  
Sense: littleness, few, a little, fewness.
חִבֻּ֖ק  a  folding 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: חִבֻּק  
Sense: fold (hands), a folding (of the hands), clasping (of the hands).
יָדַ֣יִם  of  the  hands 
Parse: Noun, fd
Root: יָד  
Sense: hand.
לִשְׁכָּֽב  to  rest 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: שָׁכַב  
Sense: to lie down.

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