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Song of Solomon 5:16

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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.	Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

His mouth^H2441 is most sweet^H4477: yea, he is altogether lovely^H4261. This is my beloved^H1730, and this is my friend^H7453, O daughters^H1323 of Jerusalem^H3389.

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Original Hebrew

חִכֹּו מַמְתַקִּים וְכֻלֹּו מַחֲמַדִּים זֶה דֹודִי וְזֶה רֵעִי בְּנֹות יְרוּשָׁלִָם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
חִכּ/וֹ֙	chi.K/o	H2441	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	mouth/ his
מַֽמְתַקִּ֔ים	mam.ta.Kim	H4477	HNcmpa	(is) sweetness(es)
וְ/כֻלּ֖/וֹ	ve./khu.L/o	H3605	HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms	and/ all of/ him
מַחֲּמַדִּ֑ים	ma.cha.ma.Dim	H4261	HNcmpa	(is) desirableness(es)
זֶ֤ה	zeh	H2088	HPdxms	this
דוֹדִ/י֙	do.D/i	H1730	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	(is) lover/ my
וְ/זֶ֣ה	ve./Zeh	H2088	HC/Pdxms	and/ this
רֵעִ֔/י	re.'/I	H7453	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	(is) friend/ my
בְּנ֖וֹת	be.Not	H1323	HNcfpc	O daughters of
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם	ye.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	HNp	Jerusalem

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

Strong's References

• H1323 — בַּת (bath, bath): from בָּנָה (as feminine of בֵּן); a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively); apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, [idiom] first, [idiom] old, [phrase] owl, town, village.
• H1730 — דּוֹד (dôwd, dode): or (shortened) דֹּד; from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e.; (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle; (well-) beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.
• H2441 — חֵךְ (chêk, khake): probably from חָנַךְ in the sense of tasting; properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing); (roof of the) mouth, taste.
• H3389 — יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם (Yᵉrûwshâlaim, yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im): rarely יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of יְרוּשָׁלֵם)); probably from (the passive participle of) יָרָה and שָׁלַם; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine; Jerusalem.
• H4261 — מַחְמָד (machmâd, makh-mawd'): from חָמַד; delightful; hence, a delight, i.e. object of affection or desire; beloved, desire, goodly, lovely, pleasant (thing).
• H4477 — מַמְתַּק (mamtaq, mam-tak'): from מָתַק; something sweet (literally or figuratively); (most) sweet.
• H7453 — רֵעַ (rêaʻ, ray'-ah): or רֵיעַ; from רָעָה; an associate (more or less close); brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, [idiom] (an-) other.

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

• H2088 — זֶה (zeh, zeh): a primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that; he, [idiom] hence, [idiom] here, it(-self), [idiom] now, [idiom] of him, the one...the other, [idiom] than the other, ([idiom] out of) the (self) same, such (a one) that, these, this (hath, man), on this side...on that side, [idiom] thus, very, which. Compare זֹאת, זֹה, זוֹ, זוּ.
• H3605 — כֹּל (kôl, kole): or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from כָּלַל; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense); (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).

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