Job 28:18
coral <07215> [coral. or, Ramoth.]
jasper <01378> [pearls.]
pearls <06443> [rubies.]
Proverbs 3:15
precious <03368> [more.]
desire <02656> [all.]
Proverbs 8:11
wisdom <02451> [wisdom.]
Proverbs 20:15
words <08193> [but.]
Proverbs 31:10
find <04672> [Who.]
This is the commencement of an alphabetical poem, each verse beginning consecutively with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet; in which we are presented with an admirable picture of a good wife, according to the primitive manners of the East.
find <04672> [can.]
value <04377> [her.]
Lamentations 4:7
consecrated ones <05139> [Nazarites.]
brighter <02141> [purer.]
hair <01508> [their polishing.]
{Gizrathom,} rendered by Dr. Blayney, "their veining," from {gazar,} to divide, intersect, as the blue veins do the surface of the body. This is approved by Dr. A. Clarke, who remarks, "Milk will most certainly well apply to the whiteness of the skin; the beautiful ruby to the ruddiness of the flesh; and the sapphire, in its clear, transcendent purple, to the veins in a fine complexion."
