Lexicon
כִּישׁוֹר
ki.shor
H3601
H:N-M Hebrew

distaff

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ki.shor denotes the item reached for by her hands in Proverbs 31:19, alongside a spindle.

The lone attestation places ki.shor as the object reached for by a woman's hands, in a clause paired with her palms grasping a spindle in Proverbs 31:19.

Senses in use

  1. An item handled alongside a spindle · dominant

    In Proverbs 31:19, the masculine singular absolute form is the object of the clause about her hands reaching for it; the APB renders the verse, “Her hands reach for the distaff, and her palms grasp the spindle.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Proverbs 31:19, the APB presents the item as “the distaff” in a parallel statement with “the spindle.” This rendering is confirmed by the verse's paired actions rather than treated as a precise lexical equation.

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