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Song of Solomon 5:12

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His head [is as] the most fine gold, his locks [are] bushy, [and] black as a raven.	His eyes [are] as [the eyes] of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, [and] fitly set.	His cheeks [are] as a bed of spices, [as] sweet flowers: his lips [like] lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

His eyes^H5869 are as the eyes of doves^H3123 by the rivers^H650 of waters^H4325, washed^H7364 with milk^H2461, and fitly set^{H3427 H4402}.

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Original Hebrew

עֵינָיו כְּיֹונִים עַל־אֲפִיקֵי מָיִם רֹחֲצֹות בֶּחָלָב יֹשְׁבֹות עַל־מִלֵּאת׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
עֵינָ֕י/ו	'ei.Na/v	H5869	HNcbdc/Sp3ms	eyes/ his
כְּ/יוֹנִ֖ים	ke./yo.Nim	H3123	HR/Ncfpa	(are) like/ doves
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	at
אֲפִ֣יקֵי	'a.Fi.kei	H650	HNcmpc	channels of
מָ֑יִם	Ma.yim	H4325	HNcmpa	water
רֹֽחֲצוֹת֙	ro.cha.tzOt	H7364	HVqrfpa	washing
בֶּֽ/חָלָ֔ב	be./cha.Lav	H2461	HRd/Ncmsa	in (the)/ milk
יֹשְׁב֖וֹת	yo.she.Vot	H3427	HVqrfpa	sitting
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
מִלֵּֽאת	mi.Let	H4402	HNcfsa	fullness

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

Strong's References

• H650 — אָפִיק (ʼâphîyq, aw-feek'): from אָסַף; properly, containing, i.e. a tube; also a bed or valley of astream; also a strong thing or a hero; brook, channel, mighty, river, [phrase] scale, stream, strong piece.
• H2461 — חָלָב (châlâb, khaw-lawb'): from the same as חֶלֶב; milk (as the richness of kine); [phrase] cheese, milk, sucking.
• H3123 — יוֹנָה (yôwnâh, yo-naw'): probably from the same as יַיִן; a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating); dove, pigeon.
• H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
• H4325 — מַיִם (mayim, mah'-yim): dual of a primitive noun (but used in a singular sense); water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen; [phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).
• H4402 — מִלֵּאת (millêʼth, mil-layth'): from מָלֵא; fulness, i.e. (concretely) a plump socket (of the eye); [idiom] fitly.
• H5869 — עַיִן (ʻayin, ah'-yin): probably a primitive word; an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape); affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him, [phrase] humble, knowledge, look, ([phrase] well), [idiom] me, open(-ly), [phrase] (not) please, presence, [phrase] regard, resemblance, sight, [idiom] thee, [idiom] them, [phrase] think, [idiom] us, well, [idiom] you(-rselves).
• H7364 — רָחַץ (râchats, raw-khats'): a primitive root; to lave (the whole or a part of a thing); bathe (self), wash (self).

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.

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