Commentary for Proverbs 7:10
וְהִנֵּ֣ה אִ֭שָּׁה לִקְרָאת֑וֹ שִׁ֥ית ז֝וֹנָ֗ה וּנְצֻ֥רַת לֵֽב׃
And, behold, there met him a woman With the attire of a harlot, and wily of heart.
Rashi on Proverbs
And behold a woman As its apparent meaning. Another explanation: One of the enticers.
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Rashi on Proverbs
the nakedness of a harlot Heb. שית, as in (II Sam. 10:4): “their buttocks (שתותיהם),” i.e., the nakedness of a harlot.
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Rashi on Proverbs
with her heart besieged Heb. ונצרת לב. As a besieged city is surrounded by bulwarks, so is this one’s heart surrounded by lewdness and foolishness.
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