She makes bed coverings for herself; her clothing is fine linen and purple.
This description of the virtuous woman is designed to show what wives the women should make and what wives the men should choose; it consists of twenty-two verses, each beginning with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet in order, as some of the Psalms, which makes some think it was no part of the lesson which Lemuel's mother taught him, but a poem by itself...
Commenting on Proverbs 31:10-31
She maketh herself coverings of tapestry,.... For the furniture and ornament of her house, or for her bed; which may signify the ordinances of the Gospel, and the decent, orderly, and beautiful administration of them, wherein the church has communion with her Lord; see Sol 1:16.
coverings of tapestry--or, "coverlets," that is, for beds. silk--or, "linen" (compare Exo 26:1; Exo 27:9) and purple--that is, the most costly goods.