The Meaning of Proverbs 7:17 Explained

Proverbs 7:17

KJV: I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

YLT: I sprinkled my bed -- myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Darby: I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

ASV: I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

I have perfumed  my bed  with myrrh,  aloes,  and cinnamon. 

What does Proverbs 7:17 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 7:17 mean?

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh aloes and cinnamon
נַ֥פְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִ֑י מֹ֥ר אֲ֝הָלִ֗ים וְקִנָּמֽוֹן

נַ֥פְתִּי  I  have  perfumed 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: הֲנָפָה 
Sense: to move to and fro, wave, besprinkle.
מִשְׁכָּבִ֑י  my  bed 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: מִשְׁכָּב  
Sense: a lying down, couch, bier, act of lying.
מֹ֥ר  with  myrrh 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֹר  
Sense: myrrh.
אֲ֝הָלִ֗ים  aloes 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: אָהָל 
Sense: aloes, aloe tree.
וְקִנָּמֽוֹן  and  cinnamon 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: קִנָּמֹון  
Sense: cinnamon.