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Proverbs 24:33

“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מְעַטmᵉʻaṭ · meh-at'
H4592 · Hebrew

Definition: a little or few (often adverbial or compar.)
Derivation: or מְעָט; from H4591 (מָעַט);
KJV renderings: almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very.
Grammar: מְעַ֣ט — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
Code HNcmsc
Usage: Occurs 101 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 18:4 Genesis 24:17 Genesis 24:43 Genesis 26:10 Genesis 30:15

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מְעַט here.

Verse 32 Verse 34

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.