Proverbs 31:19
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She hath put out her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle.

Exodus 35:25,26 The skilful women also gave such things as they had spun, violet, purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, . . .

Context
The Virtues of a Noble Woman
18She hath tasted, and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp shall not be put out in the night. 19She hath put out her hand to strong things, and her fingers have taken hold of the spindle.20She hath opened her hand to the needy, and stretched out her hands to the poor.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 3:29
And may it come upon the head of Joab, and upon all his father's house: and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue of seed, or that is a leper, or that holdeth the distaff, or that falleth by the sword, or that wanteth bread.

Proverbs 31:18
She hath tasted, and seen that her traffic is good: her lamp shall not be put out in the night.

Proverbs 31:20
She hath opened her hand to the needy, and stretched out her hands to the poor.

Lexicon
She stretches
שִׁלְּחָ֣ה (šil·lə·ḥāh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

out her hands
יָ֭דֶיהָ (yā·ḏe·hā)
Noun - fdc | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3027: A hand

to the distaff
בַכִּישׁ֑וֹר (ḇak·kî·šō·wr)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3601: A director, the spindle, shank of a, distaff, by which it is twirled

and grasps
תָּ֣מְכוּ (tā·mə·ḵū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 8551: To sustain, to obtain, keep fast, to help, follow close

the spindle
פָֽלֶךְ׃ (p̄ā·leḵ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6418: A circuit, a spindle, a crutch

with her fingers.
וְ֝כַפֶּ֗יהָ (wə·ḵap·pe·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - fdc | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan


Additional Translations
She stretches out her hands to the distaff and grasps the spindle with her fingers.She lays her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.

She layeth her hands to the distaff, And her hands hold the spindle.

She reaches forth her arms to needful works, and applies her hands to the spindle.

She putteth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.

She layeth her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.

She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff.

She lays her hands to the distaff, and her hands hold the spindle.

Her hands she hath sent forth on a spindle, And her hands have held a distaff.
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