The Meaning of Proverbs 6:10 Explained

Proverbs 6:10

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 clasping of the hands to rest,

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:

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KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Proverbs 6:10 Mean?

Context Summary

Proverbs 6:1-19 - Avoid Suretyship And Sloth
A young man, being entreated by his friend to go bond for him, consents, in an easy-going way to become his surety. He promises to be responsible for the other's debt. From that moment he resembles a roe caught by a hunter or a bird snared by a fowler. If any shall have enmeshed himself in an obligation of this kind he is exhorted to spare no pains, to stand on no false pride, but to go with all urgency to the man for whom he has pledged his credit, and get released at all cost. If we can afford to be surety, we can afford to lend the money ourselves. If we cannot do the former, it is weak and foolish to do the latter.
The ants swarm in the woods and fields, and rebuke our laziness and thriftlessness. They work day and might, storing their galleries with food, building mounds which relatively to the size of the builders are three or four times larger than the Pyramids. In sickness they nurse one another; in the winter they feed on their supplies. Learn from the ceaseless industry of Nature, and do something worthy before sundown! [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 6

1  against indebtedness
6  idleness
12  and mischievousness
16  seven things detestable to God
20  the blessings of obedience
25  the mischief of unfaithfulness

What do the individual words in Proverbs 6:10 mean?

little a sleep a slumber little a folding of the hands to sleep
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  sleep 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: שָׁכַב  
Sense: to lie down.

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