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Song of Solomon 7:3

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Thy navel [is like] a round goblet, [which] wanteth not liquor: thy belly [is like] an heap of wheat set about with lilies.	Thy two breasts [are] like two young roes [that are] twins.	Thy neck [is] as a tower of ivory; thine eyes [like] the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose [is] as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Thy two^H8147 breasts^H7699 are like two^H8147 young^H6082 roes^H6646 that are twins^H8380.

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Original Hebrew

שָׁרְרֵךְ אַגַּן הַסַּהַר אַל־יֶחְסַר הַמָּזֶג בִּטְנֵךְ עֲרֵמַת חִטִּים סוּגָה בַּשֹּׁושַׁנִּים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
שָׁרְרֵ/ךְ֙	sha.re.re/Kh	H8326	HNcmsc/Sp2fs	navel/ your
אַגַּ֣ן	'a.Gan	H101	HNcmsc	(is) (the) bowl of
הַ/סַּ֔הַר	ha./Sa.har	H5469	HTd/Ncmsa	(the)/ roundness
אַל	'al-	H408	HTn	may not
יֶחְסַ֖ר	yech.Sar	H2637	HVqj3ms	it lack
הַ/מָּ֑זֶג	ha./Ma.zeg	H4197	HTd/Ncmsa	(the)/ mixed wine
בִּטְנֵ/ךְ֙	bit.ne/Kh	H990	HNcfsc/Sp2fs	belly/ your
עֲרֵמַ֣ת	'a.re.Mat	H6194	HNcfsc	(is) a heap of
חִטִּ֔ים	chi.Tim	H2406	HNcfpa	wheat(s)
סוּגָ֖ה	su.Gah	H5473	HVQsfsa	fenced around
בַּ/שּׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים	ba./sho.sha.Nim	H7799	HRd/Ncbpa	with (the)/ lilies

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

Strong's References

• H6082 — עֹפֶר (ʻôpher, o'-fer): from עָפַר; a fawn (from the dusty color); young roe (hart).
• H6646 — צְבִיָּה (tsᵉbîyâh, tseb-ee-yaw'): feminine of צְבִי; a female gazelle; roe.
• H7699 — שַׁד (shad, shad): or שֹׁד; probably from שׁוּד (in its original sense) contracted; the breast of a woman or animal (as bulging); breast, pap, teat.
• H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
• H8380 — תָּאוֹם (tâʼôwm, taw-ome'): or תָּאֹם; from תָּאַם; a twin (in plural only), literally or figuratively; twins.

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

• H101 — אַגָּן (ʼaggân, ag-gawn'): probably from נָגַן; a bowl (as pounded out hollow); basin, cup, goblet.
• H408 — אַל (ʼal, al): a negative particle (akin to לֹא); not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (Job 24:25) as a noun, nothing; nay, neither, [phrase] never, no, nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than.
• H990 — בֶּטֶן (beṭen, beh'-ten): from an unused root probably meaning to be hollow; the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything; belly, body, [phrase] as they be born, [phrase] within, womb.
• H2406 — חִטָּה (chiṭṭâh, khit-taw'): of uncertain derivation; wheat, whether the grain or the plant; wheat(-en).
• H2637 — חָסֵר (châçêr, khaw-sare'): a primitive root; to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen; be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want.
• H4197 — מֶזֶג (mezeg, meh'-zeg): from an unused root meaning to mingle (water with wine); tempered wine; liquor.
• H5469 — סַהַר (çahar, cah'-har): from an unused root meaning to be round; roundness; round.
• H5473 — סוּג (çûwg, soog): a primitive root (probably rather identical with סוּג through the idea of shrinking from a hedge; compare שׂוּג); to hem in, i.e. bind; set about.
• H6194 — עָרֵם (ʻârêm, aw-rame'): (Jeremiah 50:26) or (feminine) עֲרֵמָה; from עָרַם; a heap; specifically, a sheaf; heap (of corn), sheaf.
• H7799 — שׁוּשַׁן (shûwshan, shoo-shan'): or שׁוֹשָׁן; or שֹׁשָׁן; and (feminine) שׁוֹשַׁנָּה; from שׂוּשׂ; a lily (from its whiteness), as aflower of architectural ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape); lily, Shoshannim.
• H8326 — שֹׁרֶר (shôrer, sho'-rer): from שָׁרַר in the sense of twisting (compare שֹׁר); the umbilical cord, i.e. (by extension) a bodice; navel.

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