Proverbs

Proverbs 24:33–34

³³A little sleep, a little slumber,

a little folding of the hands to rest,

³⁴and poverty will come upon you like a robber,

and need like a bandit.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
A little	מְעַ֣ט	mə·‘aṭ	Adjective - masculine singular construct	H4592 a little, fewness, a few
sleep	שֵׁ֭נוֹת	šē·nôt̲	Noun - feminine plural	H8142 sleep
a little	מְעַ֣ט	mə·‘aṭ	Adjective - masculine singular construct	H4592 a little, fewness, a few
slumber	תְּנוּמ֑וֹת	tə·nū·mō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H8572 slumber
a little	מְעַ֓ט׀	mə·‘aṭ	Adjective - masculine singular construct	H4592 a little, fewness, a few
folding	חִבֻּ֖ק	ḥib·buq	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2264 a clasping, folding
of the hands	יָדַ֣יִם	yā·ḏa·yim	Noun - fd	H3027 hand
to rest	לִשְׁכָּֽב׃	liš·kāḇ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7901 lie down

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and poverty	רֵישֶׁ֑ךָ	rê·še·ḵā	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular	H7389 poverty
will come	וּבָֽא־	ū·ḇā-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
like a robber	מִתְהַלֵּ֥ךְ	miṯ·hal·lêḵ	Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
and need	וּ֝מַחְסֹרֶ֗יךָ	ū·maḥ·sō·re·ḵā	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular	H4270 need, thing needed, poverty
like a bandit	כְּאִ֣ישׁ	kə·’îš	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular	H376 man

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Proverbs 24:33 Proverbs 6:4–11 · 1 Thessalonians 5:6–8 · Romans 13:11 · Ephesians 5:14

Proverbs 24:34 Proverbs 10:4 · Proverbs 13:4

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.