Proverbs 7:16

Footnotes

1. 32 Heb “with spreads.” The sentence begins with the cognate accusative: “with spreads I have spread my bed.” The construction enhances the idea—she has covered her bed.
2. 33 The feminine noun means “dark-hued stuffs” ( 310 חֲטֻבוֹת). The form is a passive participle from a supposed root II חָטַב (khatav), which in Arabic means to be of a turbid, dusky color mixed with yellowish red. Its Aramaic cognate means “variegated”; cf. “with brocaded cloths of Egyptian linen.” ’s translation of this colon is unsatifactory: “with dark hued stuffs of yarn from Egypt.”