Song of Solomon 5:13 KJV

His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

Matthew Henry

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Cross References

  • Song of Solomon 1:10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
  • Song of Solomon 2:1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
  • Song of Solomon 6:2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
  • Psalms 4:6–7 There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. …
  • Psalms 27:4 One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.

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Topics

  • Lily Of the lips of the beloved
  • Myrrh Used as a perfume
  • Song Impersonation of the church (?)

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • His cheeks לְחָיָו lĕḥāyāw לְחִי Noun · masculine or feminine dual construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
  • as a bed כַּעֲרוּגַת kaʿărûgat עֲרוּגָה Noun · feminine singular construct · with preposition
  • of spices הַבֹּשֶׂם habbōśem בֶּשֶׂם Noun · masculine singular · with the
  • sweet מֶרְקָחִים merqāḥîm מֶרְקָח Noun · masculine plural
  • flowers מִגְדְּלוֹת migdĕlôt מִגְדָּל Noun · masculine or feminine plural construct
  • his lips שִׂפְתוֹתָיו śiptôtāyw שָׂפָה Noun · feminine plural construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
  • lilies שׁוֹשַׁנִּים šôšannîm שׁוּשַׁן Noun · masculine or feminine plural
  • dropping נֹטְפוֹת nōṭĕpôt נָטַף Verb · qal active participle, feminine plural
  • sweet smelling עֹבֵר ʿōbēr עָבַר Verb · qal active participle, masculine singular
  • myrrh מוֹר môr מֹר Noun · masculine singular

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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