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Her handsיָדֶיהָshe stretches outשִׁלְּחָהto the distaff,בַכִּישׁוֹרandוְher palmsכַפֶּיהָholdתָּמְכוּthe spindle.פָלֶךְ
Proverbs 31:19
Study it in the app“Her hands she stretches out to the distaff, and her palms hold the spindle.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 31:19, word by word
- Her handsיָדֶיyade
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yade” appears- she stretches outשִׁלְּחָהshilcha
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “shilcha” appears- to the distaffכִּישׁוֹרkishor
distaff
A distaff, the spinning rod.
Where else “kishor” appears- her palmsכַפֶּיchape
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “chape” appears- holdתָּמְכוּtamchu
hold fast
To grasp something and not let go, or to keep it for oneself.
Where else “tamchu” appears- the spindleפָלֶךְfalech
spindle
The spindle, the rod used to spin wool or flax.
Where else “falech” appears
The context
18She tastes that her gain is good; her lamp does not go out at night.
19 · This verse (above)
20Her palm she opens to the afflicted, and her hands she stretches out to the needy.