## Rashi on Proverbs Chapter 7

###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:1:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:1:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:1:1)

**בְּנִי שְׁמֹר אֲמָרַי וּמִצְוֹתַי**:


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:2:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:2:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:2:1)

**וְתוֹרָתִי כְּאִישׁוֹן עֵינֶיךָ.** שָׁחוֹר שֶׁל עַיִן שֶׁהוּא דּוֹמֶה לַחֹשֶׁךְ, כְּמוֹ **אִישׁוֹן לַיְלָה**:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**like the apple of your eyes** The pupil of the eye, which is like darkness, like the darkness of night.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:4:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:4:1)

(**אֲחוֹתִי אָתְּ.** קָרְבֶנָּה אֵלֶיךָ):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**“You are my sister”** (Draw her near to you.)


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:4:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:4:2)

**וּמוֹדָע.** קָרוֹב, כְּמוֹ ״בֹּעַז מוֹדַעְתֵּנוּ״ (רות ג:ב) – קְרוֹבֵנוּ. כְּלוֹמַר: קָרְבֶנָּה אֶצְלְךָ תָּמִיד:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**a kinsman** Heb. מדע, a kinsman, as in (Ruth 3: 2): “Boaz our kinsman (מדעתנו),” our close relative; i.e., draw her near to you always.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:7:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:7:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:7:1)

**אָבִינָה.** הִבְחַנְתִּי וְרָאִיתִי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I discerned** Heb. אבינה, I discerned and I saw.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:8:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:8:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:8:1)

**אֵצֶל פִּנָּה.** פִּנָּה שֶׁל זוֹנָה וַעֲבוֹדַת גִּלּוּלִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**next to her corner** The corner of the harlot and of the pagan house of worship.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:10:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:10:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:10:1)

**וְהִנֵּה אִשָּׁה.** כְּמַשְׁמָעָהּ. דָּבָר אַחֵר: אֶחָד מִן אֶפִּיקוֹרְסִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**And behold a woman** As its apparent meaning. Another explanation: One of the enticers.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:10:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:10:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:10:2)

**שִׁית זוֹנָה.** כְּמוֹ ״שְׁתוֹתֵיהֶם״ (שמואל ב י:ד), כְּלוֹמַר: עֶרְוַת זוֹנָה:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the nakedness of a harlot** Heb. שית, as in (II Sam. 10:4): “their buttocks (שתותיהם),” i.e., the nakedness of a harlot.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:10:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:10:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:10:3)

**וּנְצוּרַת לֵב.** כְּמוֹ ״עִיר נְצוּרָה״ (ישעיה א:ח) הַמּוּקֶּפֶת כַּרְכּוֹם, וְכֵן לִבָּהּ שֶׁל זוֹ מוּקֶּפֶת זִמָּה אִוֶּלֶת:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with her heart besieged** Heb. ונצרת לב. As a besieged city is surrounded by bulwarks, so is this one’s heart surrounded by lewdness and foolishness.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:11:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:11:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:11:1)

**וְסוֹרָרֶת.** סָרָה מִן הַדֶּרֶךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and rebellious** Heb. וסררת, turning away from the road.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:14:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:14:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:14:1)

**זִבְחֵי שְׁלָמִים עָלָי.** כְּלוֹמַר: סְעוּדָּה גְּדוֹלָה הֲכִינוֹתִי, כִּי **הַיּוֹם** הִקְרַבְתִּי נְדָרַי וּשְׁלָמַי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I had to bring peace offerings** I prepared a great feast, for today I sacrificed my vows and my peace offering.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:15:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:15:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:15:1)

**וָאֶמְצָאֶךָּ.** כְּדֵי שֶׁאֶמְצָאֶךָּ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and I have found you** In order that I find you.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:16:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:16:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:16:1)

**מַרְבַּדִּים.** בִּגְדֵי חֹפֶשׁ וְנוֹי, וְדֻגְמָתוֹ בְּסוֹף הַסֵּפֶר, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר ״מַרְבַדִּים עָשְׂתָה לָּהּ״ (משלי לא:כב):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**covers** Heb. מרבדים. Garments of freedom and beauty; a similar term is found at the end of the book (31:22): “She made covers for herself.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:16:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:16:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:16:2)

**רָבַדְתִּי עַרְשִׂי.** קִשַּׁטְתִּי:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I have bedecked my couch** Heb. רבדתי, I have adorned.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:16:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:16:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:16:3)

**חֲטוּבוֹת אֵטוּן מִצְרָיִם.** מְהֻלָּלוֹת בִּגְדֵי כְּלֵי פִשְׁתָּן חֲשׁוּבִין הַבָּאִים מִמִּצְרַיִם, שֶׁשָּׁם הַפִּשְׁתָּן מָצוּי, כְּדִכְתִיב בְּסֵפֶר (ישעיהו יט:ט) ״וּבֹשׁוּ עֹבְדֵי פִשְׁתִּים״. **אֵטוּן** תַּרְגּוּם ״מֵיתְרֵיהֶם״ (שמות לה:יח) ״אֲטוּנֵיהוֹן״:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with superior braided work of Egypt** Heb. חטבות אטון מצרים, praiseworthy, high quality linen garments coming from Egypt, where linen is common, as it is written in the Book of Isaiah (19: 9): “And those who work at flax... shall be ashamed.” **braided work** Heb. אטון. The Aramaic translation of מיתריהם, their ropes (Num. 4:32), is אטוניהון.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:17:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:17:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:17:1)

**נַפְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִי.** הֲנִיפוֹתִי הָרֵיחַ, כְּמֵנִיף בְּסוּדָר בְּבֵית הַבֹּשֶׂם, לְהָבִיא הָרֵיחַ מִלְמַעְלָה לְמַטָּה. וְדוּנָשׁ פֵּרֵשׁ לְשׁוֹן קִטּוּר, וְאָמַר שֶׁאֵין לוֹ דִּמְיוֹן:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**I fanned** Heb. נפתי. I fanned the scent as one fans with a scarf in a perfumery to bring the scent from above down below. Dunash (Teshuvoth Dunash p. 22) defines it as an expression of smoking, which he states has no comparison.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:19:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:19:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:19:1)

**כִּי אֵין הָאִישׁ בְּבֵיתוֹ.** רְאִיתֶם שֶׁסִּלֵּק הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא שְׁכִינָתוֹ, וְכָל טוֹב נָתַן לְעוֹבְדֵי גִּלּוּלִים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**For the man is not at home** You have seen that the Holy One, blessed be He, has removed His Shechinah and has given all good to the pagans.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:20:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:20:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:20:1)

**צְרוֹר הַכֶּסֶף.** הַטּוֹבִים שֶׁבָּהֶם הָרַג:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**the bag of money** He has slain the righteous among them.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:20:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:20:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:20:2)

**לְיוֹם הַכֵּסֶא.** לִזְמַן הַמּוֹעֵד הַקָּבוּעַ, וְכֵן ״בַּכֶּסֶה לְיוֹם חַגֵּנוּ״ (תהלים פא:ד):

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**on the appointed day** Heb. ליום הכסא. At the fixed appointed time, and similarly (Ps. 81:4), “At the appointed time for the day of our festival.”


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:21:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:21:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:21:1)

**הִטַּתּוּ.** לְאוֹתוֹ חֲסַר לֵב (משלי ז:ז) אֵלֶיהָ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**She swayed him** the one devoid of sense, to her.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:21:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:21:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:21:2)

**בְּרֹב לִקְחָהּ.** שֶׁהִיא לְמוּדָה לְהַרְגִּיל בְּכָךְ אֲנָשִׁים:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**with all her talk** with which she is accustomed to familiarize men.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:21:3
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:21:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:21:3)

**בְּחֵלֶק שְׂפָתֶיהָ.** בְּדִבּוּר חֲלַקְלַק תַּדִּיחֶנּוּ מִן הַדֶּרֶךְ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**she entices him** from the road.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:22:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:22:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:22:1)

**וּכְעֶכֶס.** זֶה אֶרֶס נָחָשׁ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**and as a viper** Heb. וכעכס. This is the venom of a snake.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:22:2
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:22:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:22:2)

**אֶל מוּסַר אֱוִיל.** כְּנָחָשׁ הַמְּמַהֵר לָרוּץ בִּשְׁלִיחוּת הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא לְיַסֵּר הָאֱוִיל, הַמְחֻיָּב לַמָּקוֹם בָּרוּךְ הוּא, כֵּן זֶה רָץ אַחֲרֶיהָ עַד שֶׁנִּכְשַׁל בָּהּ, וַיְפַלַּח חִצָּהּ אֶת כְּבֵדוֹ:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**to the chastisement of a fool** Like a snake that runs quickly as an agent of the Holy One, blessed be He, to chastise the fool who is condemned by the Omnipresent, blessed be He, so does this one run after her until he stumbles on her, and her arrow splits his liver.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:23:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:23:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:23:1)

**כְּמַהֵר צִפּוֹר.** לָרוּץ אֶל הַפַּח, וְאֵינוֹ יוֹדֵעַ כִּי הַפַּח נִפְרַשׂ שָׁם בְּנַפְשׁוֹ שֶׁל צִפּוֹר:

**The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg:**
**as a bird hastens** to run to a snare, and it does not know that the snare was spread out there for the life of the bird.


###### Rashi on Proverbs 7:24:1
[Rashi on Proverbs 7:24:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Rashi%20on%20Proverbs/r/7:24:1)

**וְעַתָּה בָנִים שִׁמְעוּ לִי וְגוֹ׳**: