THE WORDS, &C. The Hebrew _dibrey_ has no governing noun; so one must be understood thus. "[An unnamed one's] words [addressed] to king Lemuel:. burden which his mother [repeatedly] taught him". KING LEMUEL. to El and for El,. king. Compare Jedidiah. beloved of Jah (2 Samuel 12:25). Solomon was the... [ Continue Reading ]
MY SON? Compare the Structure, (p. 864),... [ Continue Reading ]
WINE. Hebrew. _yayin._ App-27. STRONG DRINK. Hebrew. _shekar._ App-27.... [ Continue Reading ]
OF HEAVY HEARTS. bitter of soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.... [ Continue Reading ]
POVERTY. Hebrew. _rush._ See note on Proverbs 6:11,... [ Continue Reading ]
SUCH AS ARE APPOINTED TO DESTRUCTION. Hebrew. sons of destruction. Genitive of Relation, as in Romans 8:36. App-17 (5).... [ Continue Reading ]
THE POOR-. POOR ONE. Hebrew. _'ani._ See note on Proverbs 31:6; Proverbs 31:11. NEEDY. a needy one. Hebrew. _' ebyon_. See note on Proverbs 31:6; Proverbs 31:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHO CAN FIND... ? This heading is the Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. The twenty-two verses which follow, each begin with the twenty-two successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. The acrostic cannot be reproduced in English, because the letters of the two alphabets vary in their number, order,... [ Continue Reading ]
DOTH... TRUST IN. hath confided in. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69. NO NEED. no lack. SPOIL. gain,... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. mischief. Hebrew. _ra'a',_ App-44.... [ Continue Reading ]
WILLINGLY WITH HER HANDS. with her hands' good will.... [ Continue Reading ]
MEAT. [live] prey. Put by Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Species), App-6, for all kinds of food.... [ Continue Reading ]
CANDLE. lamp.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE POOR. a poor one. Hebrew. _'ani_. See note on "poverty", Proverbs 6:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS NOT. will not. SCARLET. double change of garments.... [ Continue Reading ]
KNOWN. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the result of that knowledge; viz. respect from all at the city gate, which includes high and low, rich and poor, peasants, labourers and judges.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHE SHALL REJOICE, &C.. she laugheth at the future.... [ Continue Reading ]
WISDOM. Hebrew. _chakmah._ See note on Proverbs 1:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
DECEITFUL. Hebrew. _sheker._ See note on Proverbs 11:18.... [ Continue Reading ]