The Meaning of Proverbs 6:16 Explained

Proverbs 6:16

KJV: These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

YLT: These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven are abominations to His soul.

Darby: These six things doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

ASV: There are six things which Jehovah hateth; Yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:

KJV Reverse Interlinear

These six  [things] doth the LORD  hate:  yea, seven  [are] an abomination  unto him: 

What does Proverbs 6:16 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 6:16 mean?

Six [things] Those hates Yahweh and Yes seven [are] - an abomination to Him
שֶׁשׁ־ הֵ֭נָּה שָׂנֵ֣א יְהוָ֑ה וְ֝שֶׁ֗בַע [תועבות] (תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת‪‬) נַפְשֽׁוֹ

שֶׁשׁ־  Six  [things] 
Parse: Number, feminine singular construct
Root: שֵׁשׁ  
Sense: six.
הֵ֭נָּה  Those 
Parse: Pronoun, third person feminine plural
Root: הֵנָּה  
Sense: they, these, the same, who.
שָׂנֵ֣א  hates 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׂנֵא  
Sense: to hate, be hateful.
יְהוָ֑ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
וְ֝שֶׁ֗בַע  and  Yes  seven  [are] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular
Root: שֶׁבַע  
Sense: seven (cardinal number).
[תועבות]  - 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct
(תּוֹעֲבַ֥ת‪‬)  an  abomination  to 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: תֹּועֵבָה  
Sense: a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable.