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Proverbs 24:33

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

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מְעַ֣טmeatlittleמְעַטnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “little”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4592a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very.שֵׁ֭נוֹתshenotsleepשֵׁנָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “sleep”, the ordinary formH8142sleepsleep.מְעַ֣טmeatlittleמְעַטnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “little”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4592a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very.תְּנוּמ֑וֹתtenumotslumberתְּנוּמָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “slumber”, the ordinary formH8572drowsiness, i.e. sleepslumber(-ing).מְעַ֓טmeatlittleמְעַטnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “little”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4592a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very.חִבֻּ֖קchibuqfoldחִבֻּקnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “fold”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2264a clasping of the hands (in idleness)fold.יָדַ֣יִםyadayimhandיָדnoun, common, both genders, dual, absolute — “hand”, the ordinary formH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […לִשְׁכָּֽבlishkavto lieשָׁכַבpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to lie”, the to-form of the verbH7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)[idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep' —

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

A little sleep — a little slumber — A little folding of the hands to lie down.

World English Bible

a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep,

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

Thou wilt sleep a little, said I, thou wilt slumber a little, thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest:

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

'Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep' —

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The sluggard says , I slumber a little, and I sleep a little, and for a little while I fold my arms across my breast.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ὀλίγον νυστάζω, ὀλίγον δὲ καθυπνῶ, ὀλίγον δὲ ἐναγκαλίζομαι χερσὶ στήθη.