This noun describes the action of folding or clasping the hands, appearing twice in Proverbs (6:10; 24:33) in the phrase 'a little folding of the hands to sleep.' The context is a warning against laziness—those who fold their hands in slumber will be overtaken by poverty. The term captures the posture of rest or inactivity, hands drawn together rather than engaged in labor. It derives from the verb 'to embrace' or 'clasp,' here applied to the self-indulgent embrace of idleness.