Proverbs 27:16
WEB
restraining her is like restraining the wind, or like grasping oil in his right hand.
BSB
restraining her is like holding back the wind or grasping oil with one’s right hand.
KJV
Whosoever hideth her hideth the wind, and the ointment of his right hand, which bewrayeth itself.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H6845
v — hide, covering, hoard, reserve, deny, protect, lurk
Derivation: a primitive root;
to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk
KJV: esteem, hide(-den one, self), lay up, lurk (be set) privily, (keep) secret(-ly, place).
vb — hide
צָפַן vb. hide, treasure up
Qal
1. trans. hide
2. intrans. lie hid, lurk
Niph. be hidden from before
Hiph. hide
H7307
n-f — wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, region of the sky, spirit
Derivation: from 7306;
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV: air, anger, blast, breath, × cool, courage, mind, × quarter, × side, spirit(-ual), tempest, × vain, (whirl-) wind(-y).
n.f — breath
רוּחַ 378 n.f. (less oft. m.) breath, wind, spirit
1. breath of mouth or nostrils (33 t.)
2. wind (117 t.)
3. spirit, as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation = temper, disposition (76 t.)
4. spirit of the living, breathing being
5. spirit as seat of emotion
6. occasionally (and late) = seat or organ of mental acts
7. rarely of the will
8. רוּחַ esp. of moral character
9. spirit of God (94 t.)
H8081
n-m — grease, richness
Derivation: from 8080;
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
KJV: anointing, × fat (things), × fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, pine.
n.m — fat
שֶׁ֫מֶן 192 n.m. fat, oil
H3225
n-f — right, stronger, south
Derivation: from 3231;
the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
KJV: left-handed, right (hand, side), south.
n.f — right hand
יָמִין 137 n.f. right hand
1. right hand
2. of situation on, or direction toward the right
3. of other parts of the body
4. = south, because when facing east the right hand is toward the south
H7121
v — call out to
Derivation: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met);
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
vb — call
קָרָא 724 vb. call, proclaim, read
Qal
1.
a. call, cry, utter a loud sound
b. call, cry
2.
a. call unto some one
b. cry for help
3. proclaim
4.
a. read aloud
b. read to oneself
5. summon
6. call = name
Niph.
1. reflex.
2. pass. be called
Pu. be called
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Verses 15–16
Proverbs 27:15–16
Here, as before, Solomon laments the case of him that has a peevish passionate wife, that is continually chiding, and making herself and all about her uneasy. 1. It is a grievance that there is no avoiding, for it is like a continual dropping in a very rainy day. The contentions of a neighbour may be like a sharp shower, troublesome for the time, yet, while it lasts, one may take shelter; but the contentions of a wife are like a constant soaking rain, for which there is no remedy but patience See Pro 19:13. 2. It is a grievance that there is no concealing. A wise man would hide it if he could, for the sake both of his own and his wife's reputation, but he cannot, any more than he can conceal the noise of the wind when it blows or the smell of a strong perfume. Those that are froward and brawling will proclaim their own shame, even when their friends, in kindness to them, would cover it.
Cross-references: Prov 19:13