Vid., regarding the form of this proverb, vol. i. p. 9; we have a similar proverb regarding the influence of good news at Pro 15:30. Fresh cold water is called at Jer 18:14 מַיִם קָרִים; vid., regarding קַר, 18:27. “עָיֵף, cogn. יָעֵף, and עוּף, properly to become darkened, therefore figuratively like (Arab.) gushiya 'alyh, to become faint, to become feeble unto death, of the darkness which spreads itself over the eyes” (Fleischer).
This proverb, with the figure of “fresh water,” is now followed by one with the figure of a “fountain”: