Proverbs 7:17

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I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved [works], with fine linen of Egypt.	I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.	Come, let us take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

I have perfumed^H5130 my bed^H4904 with myrrh^H4753, aloes^H174, and cinnamon^H7076.

Original Hebrew

נַפְתִּי מִשְׁכָּבִי מֹר אֲהָלִים וְקִנָּמֹון׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
נַ֥פְתִּי	Naf.ti	H5130	HVqp1cs	I have sprinkled
מִשְׁכָּבִ֑/י	mish.ka.V/i	H4904	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	bed/ my
מֹ֥ר	mor	H4753	HNcmsa	myrrh
אֲ֝הָלִ֗ים	'a.ha.Lim	H174	HNcmpa	aloes
וְ/קִנָּמֽוֹן	ve./ki.na.Mon	H7076	HC/Ncmsa	and/ cinnamon

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H174 — אֲהָלִים (ʼăhâlîym, a-haw-leem'): or (feminine) אֲהָלוֹת (only used thus in the plural); of foreign origin; aloe wood (i.e. sticks); (tree of lign-) aloes.
H4753 — מֹר (môr, more): or מוֹר; from מָרַר; myrrh (as distilling in drops, and also as bitter); myrrh.
H4904 — מִשְׁכָּב (mishkâb, mish-kawb'): from שָׁכַב; a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse; bed(-chamber), couch, lieth (lying) with.
H5130 — נוּף (nûwph, noof): a primitive root; to quiver (i.e. vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinadoing, sawing, waving, etc.); lift up, move, offer, perfume, send, shake, sift, strike, wave.
H7076 — קִנָּמוֹן (qinnâmôwn, kin-naw-mone'): from an unused root (meaning to erect); cinnamon bark (as in upright rolls); cinnamon.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: BEDS, CINNAMON, TREES
Torrey’s: BEDS
Nave’s: ADULTERY, ALOES, BED, BLINDNESS, CINNAMON, HARLOT (PROSTITUTE), HYPOCRISY, IGNORANCE, LASCIVIOUSNESS, MYRRH, PERFUME, TEMPTATION, WOMEN, YOUNG MEN

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