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Song of Solomon 5:15

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← Song of Solomon 5:14	Song of Solomon 5:15 (KJV)	Song of Solomon 5:16 →
His hands [are as] gold rings set with the beryl: his belly [is as] bright ivory overlaid [with] sapphires.	His legs [are as] pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance [is] as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.	His mouth [is] most sweet: yea, he [is] altogether lovely. This [is] my beloved, and this [is] my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

His legs^H7785 are as pillars^H5982 of marble^H8336, set^H3245 upon sockets^H134 of fine gold^H6337: his countenance^H4758 is as Lebanon^H3844, excellent^H977 as the cedars^H730.

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Original Hebrew

שֹׁוקָיו עַמּוּדֵי שֵׁשׁ מְיֻסָּדִים עַל־אַדְנֵי־פָז מַרְאֵהוּ כַּלְּבָנֹון בָּחוּר כָּאֲרָזִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
שׁוֹקָי/ו֙	sho.Ka/v	H7785	HNcfdc/Sp3ms	legs/ his
עַמּ֣וּדֵי	'a.Mu.dei	H5982	HNcmpc	(are) pillars of
שֵׁ֔שׁ	Shesh	H8336	HAcfsa	marble
מְיֻסָּדִ֖ים	me.yu.sa.Dim	H3245	HVPsmpa	founded
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	on
אַדְנֵי	'ad.nei-	H134	HNcmpc	bases of
פָ֑ז	Faz	H6337	HNcmsa	pure gold
מַרְאֵ֨/הוּ֙	mar.'E./hu	H4758	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	appearance/ his
כַּ/לְּבָנ֔וֹן	ka./le.va.Non	H3844	HRd/Np	(is) like (the)/ Lebanon
בָּח֖וּר	ba.Chur	H977	HVqsmsa	chosen
כָּ/אֲרָזִֽים	ka./'a.ra.Zim	H730	HRd/Ncmpa	like (the)/ cedars

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

Strong's References

• H134 — אֶדֶן (ʼeden, eh'-den): from the same as אָדוֹן (in the sense of strength); a basis (of a building, a column, etc.); foundation, socket.
• H730 — אֶרֶז (ʼerez, eh-rez'): from אָרַז; a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots); cedar (tree).
• H977 — בָּחַר (bâchar, baw-khar'): a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select; acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
• H3245 — יָסַד (yâçad, yaw-sad'): a primitive root; to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult; appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, [idiom] sure.
• H3844 — לְבָנוֹן (Lᵉbânôwn, leb-aw-nohn'): from לְבַב; (the) white mountain (from its snow); Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine; Lebanon.
• H4758 — מַרְאֶה (marʼeh, mar-eh'): from רָאָה; a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision; [idiom] apparently, appearance(-reth), [idiom] as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.
• H5982 — עַמּוּד (ʻammûwd, am-mood'): or עַמֻּד; from עָמַד; a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform; [idiom] apiece, pillar.
• H6337 — פָּז (pâz, pawz): from פָּזַז; pure (gold); hence, gold itself (as refined); fine (pure) gold.
• H7785 — שׁוֹק (shôwq, shoke): from שׁוּק; the (lower) leg (as a runner); hip, leg, shoulder, thigh.
• H8336 — שֵׁשׁ (shêsh, shaysh): or (for alliteration with מֶשִׁי) שְׁשִׁי; for שַׁיִשׁ; bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble; [idiom] blue, fine (twined) linen, marble, silk.

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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