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Song of Solomon 8:7

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← Song of Solomon 8:6	Song of Solomon 8:7 (KJV)	Song of Solomon 8:8 →
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love [is] strong as death; jealousy [is] cruel as the grave: the coals thereof [are] coals of fire, [which hath a] most vehement flame.	Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if [a] man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.	We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Many^H7227 waters^H4325 cannot^H3201 quench^H3518 love^H160, neither can the floods^H5104 drown^H7857 it: if a man^H376 would give^H5414 all the substance^H1952 of his house^H1004 for love^H160, it would utterly^H936 be contemned^H936.

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Original Hebrew

מַיִם רַבִּים לֹא יוּכְלוּ לְכַבֹּות אֶת־הָאַהֲבָה וּנְהָרֹות לֹא יִשְׁטְפוּהָ אִם־יִתֵּן אִישׁ אֶת־כָּל־הֹון בֵּיתֹו בָּאַהֲבָה בֹּוז יָבוּזוּ לֹו׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
מַ֣יִם	Ma.yim	H4325	HNcmpa	waters
רַבִּ֗ים	ra.Bim	H7227	HAampa	many
לֹ֤א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
יֽוּכְלוּ֙	yu.khe.Lu	H3201	HVqi3mp	they are able
לְ/כַבּ֣וֹת	le./kha.Bot	H3518	HR/Vpc	to/ extinguish
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
הָֽ/אַהֲבָ֔ה	ha./'a.ha.Vah	H160	HTd/Ncfsa	(the)/ love
וּ/נְהָר֖וֹת	u./ne.ha.Rot	H5104	HC/Ncmpa	and/ rivers
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
יִשְׁטְפ֑וּ/הָ	yish.te.Fu./ha	H7857	HVqi3mp/Sp3fs	they will overflow/ it
אִם	'im-	H518	HC	if
יִתֵּ֨ן	yi.Ten	H5414	HVqi3ms	he will give
אִ֜ישׁ	'ish	H376	HNcmsa	anyone
אֶת	'et-	H853	HTo	(obj.)
כָּל	kol-	H3605	HNcmsc	all
ה֤וֹן	Hon	H1952	HNcmsc	(the) wealth of
בֵּית/וֹ֙	bei.T/o	H1004	HNcmsc/Sp3ms	house/ his
בָּ/אַהֲבָ֔ה	ba./'a.ha.Vah	H160	HRd/Ncfsa	for (the)/ love
בּ֖וֹז	Boz	H936	HVqa	certainly (to despise)
יָב֥וּזוּ	ya.Vu.zu	H936	HVqi3mp	people will despise
לֽ/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	(to)/ it

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

Strong's References

• H160 — אַהֲבָה (ʼahăbâh, a-hab-aw): feminine of אַהַב and meaning the same; {affection (in a good or a bad sense)}; love.
• H376 — אִישׁ (ʼîysh, eesh): contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אִשָּׁה.
• H936 — בּוּז (bûwz, booz): a primitive root; to disrespect; contemn, despise, [idiom] utterly.
• H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
• H1952 — הוֹן (hôwn, hone): from the same as הוּן in the sense of אוֹן; wealth; by implication, enough; enough, [phrase] for nought, riches, substance, wealth.
• H3201 — יָכֹל (yâkôl, yaw-kole'): or (fuller) יָכוֹל; a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might); be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
• H3518 — כָּבָה (kâbâh, kaw-baw'): a primitive root; to expire or (causatively) to extinguish (fire, light, anger); go (put) out, quench.
• 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)).
• H5104 — נָהָר (nâhâr, naw-hawr'): from נָהַר; a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity; flood, river.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H7227 — רַב (rab, rab): by contracted from רָבַב; abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality); (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), (ship-)master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
• H7857 — שָׁטַף (shâṭaph, shaw-taf'): a primitive root; to gush; by implication, to inundate, cleanse; by analogy, to gallop, conquer; drown, (over-) flow(-whelm, rinse, run, rush, (throughly) wash (away).

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

• H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).
• 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).
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• if a man — Proverbs 6:31, Proverbs 6:35, Romans 13:8-10
• waters — Isaiah 43:2, Matthew 7:24-25, Romans 8:28-39

Reciprocal references (9): Genesis 29:20, Genesis 39:19, Judges 16:15, John 21:7, Romans 12:20, 1 Corinthians 13:7, 2 Corinthians 5:14, 1 Thessalonians 1:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:19

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• Nave’s: LOVE

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