Proverbs 24:33:6Prov.24.33.W6TAB
חִבֻּ֖ק
khibuk
“folding or clasping”
- Transliteration
- khi-BUK
- Extended
- khih-BUHK
- IPA
- /ħibˈbuq/
Meaning by language
- English
- folding or clasping
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Hireq | 'ee' as in machine | |
| Bet | b with dagesh; v without dagesh | |
| Qibbuts | short 'oo' as in food | |
| Qof | q — deep k, uvular |
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The word
Word in context
- word
khi-BUK
- clause
me-AT khi-BUK ya-DA-yim lish-KAV
- sentence
me-AT she-NOT me-AT te-nu-MOT me-AT khi-BUK ya-DA-yim lish-KAV
Exegesis
The verse opens with a threefold distributive use of the adjective me'at {מְעַט | məʿaṭ} ‘a little,’ each instance modifying successive nouns—shenot {שֵּׁנוֹת | šēnōṯ}, tenumot {תְּנוּמוֹת | tənūmōṯ}, chibuk {חִבֻּק | ḥibbūq}—to intensify the image of laziness.
The idiomatic phrase chibuk yadayim {חִבֻּק יָדַיִם | ḥibbūq yāḏāyīm} ‘folding of the hands’ conveys idleness, and the infinitive lishkav {לִשְׁכָּב | liškāḇ} with prefixed lamed indicates purpose ‘to lie down.’ The English preserves the Hebrew’s parallel structure and vivid physical imagery to maintain rhetorical force.
Root and etymology
ḥ-b-qchet–bet–qof
“to fold, embrace”
In context — Proverbs 24:33
Just a little sleep, just a little slumber , just a little folding of the hands for rest.
About this coordinate
Proverbs 24:33:6 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 6 of Proverbs 24:33, so the Hebrew word חִבֻּ֖ק (khibuk) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Prov.24.33.W6, which extends further down to each syllable (Prov.24.33.W6.S1) and character.