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Song of Solomon 7:10

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And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth [down] sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak.	I [am] my beloved's, and his desire [is] toward me.	Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

I am my beloved's^H1730, and his desire^H8669 is toward me.

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Original Hebrew

וְחִכֵּךְ כְּיֵין הַטֹּוב הֹולֵךְ לְדֹודִי לְמֵישָׁרִים דֹּובֵב שִׂפְתֵי יְשֵׁנִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/חִכֵּ֕/ךְ	ve./chi.Ke/kh	H2441	HC/Ncmsc/Sp2fs	and/ mouth/ your
כְּ/יֵ֥ין	ke./Yein	H3196	HR/Ncmsc	like/ (the) wine of
הַ/טּ֛וֹב	ha./Tov	H2896	HTd/Aamsa	(the)/ good
הוֹלֵ֥ךְ	ho.Lekh	H1980	HVqrmsa	(which) goes
לְ/דוֹדִ֖/י	le./do.D/i	H1730	HR/Ncmsc/Sp1cs	for/ lover/ my
לְ/מֵישָׁרִ֑ים	le./mei.sha.Rim	H4339	HR/Ncmpa	to/ smoothness(es)
דּוֹבֵ֖ב	do.Vev	H1680	HVqrmsa	(which) flows gently
שִׂפְתֵ֥י	sif.Tei	H8193	HNcfdc	(the) lips of
יְשֵׁנִֽים	ye.she.Nim	H3462	HAampa	sleepers

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

Strong's References

• 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.
• H8669 — תְּשׁוּקָה (tᵉshûwqâh, tesh-oo-kaw'): from שׁוּק in the original sense of stretching out after; a longing; desire.

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

• H1680 — דָּבַב (dâbab, daw-bab'): a primitive root (compare דֹּבֶא); to move slowly, i.e. glide; cause to speak.
• H1980 — הָלַךְ (hâlak, haw-lak'): akin to יָלַךְ; a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively); (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, [phrase] be eased, enter, exercise (self), [phrase] follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), [phrase] greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, [idiom] more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), [phrase] send, speedily, spread, still, surely, [phrase] tale-bearer, [phrase] travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-) faring man, [idiom] be weak, whirl.
• 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.
• H2896 — טוֹב (ṭôwb, tobe): from טוֹב; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well); beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, [idiom] fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, [idiom] most, pleasant, [phrase] pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
• H3196 — יַיִן (yayin, yah'-yin): from an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication; banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
• H3462 — יָשֵׁן (yâshên, yaw-shane'): a primitive root; properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate; old (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.
• H4339 — מֵישָׁר (mêyshâr, may-shawr'): from יָשַׁר; evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense; often adverbially); agreement, aright, that are equal, equity, (things that are) right(-eously, things), sweetly, upright(-ly, -ness).
• H8193 — שָׂפָה (sâphâh, saw-faw'): or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת; probably from סָפָה or שָׁפָה through the idea of termination (compare סוֹף); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.); band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.

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