Albert Barnes Commentary Proverbs 7:17

"I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon." — Proverbs 7:17 (ASV)

The love of perfumes is here, as in Isaiah 3:24, a sign of luxurious vice.

Cinnamon - The Hebrew word is identical with the English. The spice imported by the Phoenician traders from the further East, probably from Ceylon, has kept its name through all changes of language.