Proverbs 7:6
"For at the window of my house I looked through my casement,"

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

For at the window of my house,.... This is either an historical account of a matter of fact known to Solomon, or a parable made by him, setting forth the cunning artifices of an harlot, the folly and weakness of a young man ensnared, and the ruin he is brought into by her. As

Solomon was a public magistrate, he is here represented as a private observer of the behaviour of his subjects, as sitting in his palace at a window, at the small windows of it, as the Targum, where he could see and not be seen himself; near to which was an harlot's house; for they generally get about the courts of princes, where they make their prey; I looked through my casement; or "lattice" (c); the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions: understand this of the harlot looking out of the window of her house and through the casement, when she spied a young man, as follows; but this agrees not with the Hebrew text, which carries it to Solomon; though a greater than he may be designed, the omniscient God, who looks through the windows and lattice of heaven, and beholds all the actions of the children of men; those that are most private, and done in the dark; and Christ the Son of God, whose "eyes are like unto aflame of fire", to look through all the darkness of Popery, represented by the Thyatirian church state; into all the intrigues of the Romish harlot, and behold all the follies of those that commit fornication with her, Rev 2:18 . (c) "per cancellum meum", Montanus; "per cancellos", Tigurine version, Michaelis.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (6 words)

H3588 כִּי
Definition:

Phoenicianכ. Probably from the same demonstrative basis found inhere, and in certain pronouns, as Aramaicדֵּךְthis(WSG 110 f.); perhaps also ultimately akin withthat, in order that, andthen, enclitic, Phoenicianכ. Probably from the same demonstrative basis found inhere, and in certain pronouns, as Aramaicדֵּךְthis(WSG 110 f.); perhaps also ultimately akin withthat, in order that, andthen, enclitic,

Possible Meanings:
  • for (semantic_range)
  • when (semantic_range)
  • when (semantic_range)
H2474 חַלּוֹן
Definition:

18andfeminineEzekiel 40:16window, absoluteהַחַלּוֺןGenesis 26:812t.; constructחַלּוֺןGenesis 8:6;Proverbs 7:6; suffixחַלּוֺנָו֯Ezekiel 40:22; masculine pluralחַלּוֺנִיםEzekiel 40:253t.; constructחַלּו 18andfeminineEzekiel 40:16window, absoluteהַחַלּוֺןGenesis 26:812t.; constructחַלּוֺןGenesis 8:6;Proverbs 7:6; suffixחַלּוֺנָו֯Ezekiel 40:22; masculine pluralחַלּוֺנִיםEzekiel 40:253t.; constructחַלּו

H1004 בּיִת
Definition:

12house(Phoenicianבת, MIבת, suffixביתה, Arabic, Aramaicבַּיְתָא,Assyrianbîtu, COTGloss, Sabeanבית,בת,fortressDHMZMG 1883, 387;templeHal257DHMZMG 1876, 697, EthiopicPalmyrene inבת עלמא,בת מקברתאsepulch 12house(Phoenicianבת, MIבת, suffixביתה, Arabic, Aramaicבַּיְתָא,Assyrianbîtu, COTGloss, Sabeanבית,בת,fortressDHMZMG 1883, 387;templeHal257DHMZMG 1876, 697, EthiopicPalmyrene inבת עלמא,בת מקברתאsepulch

Possible Meanings:
  • lodge (semantic_range)
  • pass the night (semantic_range)
H1157 בְּעַד
Definition:

1,3;Songs 6:7, elsewhere constructבְּעַד, with suffixבַּעֲדִיExodus 8:24+,בַּעֲדֵנִיPsalm 139:11;בַּעַדְךָGenesis 20:7+;בַּעֲדוֺetc.; 1 pluralבַּעֲדֵנוּ,Amos 9:10בַּעֲדֵינוּ;בַּעַדְכֶם1 Samuel 7:5+;בַ 1,3;Songs 6:7, elsewhere constructבְּעַד, with suffixבַּעֲדִיExodus 8:24+,בַּעֲדֵנִיPsalm 139:11;בַּעַדְךָGenesis 20:7+;בַּעֲדוֺetc.; 1 pluralבַּעֲדֵנוּ,Amos 9:10בַּעֲדֵינוּ;בַּעַדְכֶם1 Samuel 7:5+;בַ

Possible Meanings:
  • separation (semantic_range)
  • in separation from (semantic_range)
  • away from (semantic_range)
  • behind (semantic_range)
  • about (semantic_range)
H0822 אֶשְׁנָב
Definition:

11); Ecclus 7; absolute׳אJudges 5:28; suffix׳אֶשְׁנַבִּProverbs 7:6(both ""חַלּוֺן).Topical LexiconOverviewThe Hebrew term translated “lattice” refers to the crisscrossed or screen-like woodwork that 11); Ecclus 7; absolute׳אJudges 5:28; suffix׳אֶשְׁנַבִּProverbs 7:6(both ""חַלּוֺן).Topical LexiconOverviewThe Hebrew term translated “lattice” refers to the crisscrossed or screen-like woodwork that

Possible Meanings:
  • window-lattice (semantic_range)
H8259 שָׁקַף
Definition:

28+,וְנִשְׁקָ֖פָהNumbers 21:20(read probably participleהַנִּשְׁקָפָה, compareNumbers 23:28, GBG); 1singularנִשְׁקָ֑פְתּיProverbs 7:6;ParticipleנִשְׁקָףNumbers 23:28;1 Samuel 13:18;Psalm 85:12; feminin 28+,וְנִשְׁקָ֖פָהNumbers 21:20(read probably participleהַנִּשְׁקָפָה, compareNumbers 23:28, GBG); 1singularנִשְׁקָ֑פְתּיProverbs 7:6;ParticipleנִשְׁקָףNumbers 23:28;1 Samuel 13:18;Psalm 85:12; feminin

Possible Meanings:
  • frame-work (semantic_range)
  • casing (semantic_range)

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