Proverbs 31:24

She makes linen garments ¹  and sells them, and supplies the merchants ²  with sashes.

1Ki 10:28; Pr 31:13,19; Eze 27:16; Lu 16:19

¹ tn The first word of the fifteenth line begins with ס (samek), the fifteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

sn The poet did not think it strange or unworthy for a woman of this stature to be a businesswoman engaged in an honest trade. In fact, weaving of fine linens was a common trade for women in the ancient world.

² tn Heb “to the Canaanites.” These are the Phoenician traders that survived the wars and continued to do business down to the exile.