The Meaning of Proverbs 7:16 Explained

Proverbs 7:16

KJV: I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.

YLT: With ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works -- cotton of Egypt.

Darby: I have decked my bed with tapestry coverlets of variegated linen from Egypt;

ASV: I have spread my couch with carpets of tapestry, With striped cloths of the yarn of Egypt.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

I have decked  my bed  with coverings  of tapestry, with carved  [works], with fine linen  of Egypt. 

What does Proverbs 7:16 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 7

1  Solomon persuades to a sincere and kind familiarity with wisdom
6  In an example of his own experience he shows
10  the cunning of a harlot
22  and the desperate simplicity of a young wanton
24  He detests such wickedness

What do the individual words in Proverbs 7:16 mean?

With tapestry I have spread my bed Colored coverings of linen of Egypt
מַ֭רְבַדִּים רָבַ֣דְתִּי עַרְשִׂ֑י חֲ֝טֻב֗וֹת אֵט֥וּן מִצְרָֽיִם

מַ֭רְבַדִּים  With  tapestry 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מַרְבַד  
Sense: spread, coverlet.
רָבַ֣דְתִּי  I  have  spread 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: רָבַד  
Sense: (Qal) to spread, bespread, deck.
עַרְשִׂ֑י  my  bed 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: עֶרֶשׂ  
Sense: couch, divan, bed.
חֲ֝טֻב֗וֹת  Colored  coverings 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: חֲטֻבֹות  
Sense: coloured fabric, dark-hued stuffs.
אֵט֥וּן  of  linen 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: אֵטוּן  
Sense: linen, yarn, thread.
מִצְרָֽיִם  of  Egypt 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִצְרַיִם  
Sense: a country at the northeastern section of Africa, adjacent to Palestine, and through which the Nile flows adj Egyptians = “double straits”.