Song of Solomon 4
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.
2Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.
3Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
4Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.
5Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.
6Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
7Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.
8Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards.
9Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.
10How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!
11Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.
12A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
13Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,
14Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
15A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.
16Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- כֹּלkôlH36056× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- כַּלָּהkallâhH36185× in this chapter
a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife
- גַּןganH15884× in this chapter
a garden (as fenced)
- לְבָנוֹןLᵉbânôwnH38444× in this chapter
Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine
- עִםʻimH59734× in this chapter
adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)
- בֶּשֶׂםbesemH13143× in this chapter
fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant
- דּוֹדdôwdH17303× in this chapter
(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
- אָחוֹתʼâchôwthH2693× in this chapter
a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)
- יָפֶהyâphehH33033× in this chapter
beautiful (literally or figuratively)
- רֹאשׁrôʼshH72183× in this chapter
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
- רֵיחַrêyachH73813× in this chapter
odor (as if blown)
- בּוֹאbôwʼH9353× in this chapter
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- בְּעַדbᵉʻadH11572× in this chapter
in up to or over against; generally at, beside, among, behind, for, etc.
- הֵןhênH20052× in this chapter
lo!; also (as expressing surprise) if
- הַרharH20222× in this chapter
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
- אֶחָדʼechâdH2592× in this chapter
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
- אַיִןʼayinH3692× in this chapter
a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle
- לָבַבlâbabH38232× in this chapter
(in a good sense) transport (with love), or (in a bad sense) stultify; to make cakes
- לְבוֹנָהlᵉbôwnâhH38282× in this chapter
frankincense (from its whiteness or perhaps that of its smoke)
- מֶגֶדmegedH40222× in this chapter
properly, a distinguished thing; hence something valuable, as aproduct or fruit
- מָהmâhH41002× in this chapter
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
- אֵלʼêlH4132× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- מִןminH44802× in this chapter
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
- מַעְיָןmaʻyânH45992× in this chapter
a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
- מֹרmôrH47532× in this chapter
myrrh (as distilling in drops, and also as bitter)
- נָזַלnâzalH51402× in this chapter
to drip, or shed by trickling
- נָעַלnâʻalH52742× in this chapter
properly, to fasten up, i.e. with abar or cord; hence, to sandal, i.e. furnish with slippers
- נֵרְדְּnêrdH53732× in this chapter
nard, an aromatic
- עֵדֶרʻêderH57392× in this chapter
an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals)
- עַיִןʻayinH58692× in this chapter
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- פּוּחַpûwachH63152× in this chapter
to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan (as a breeze), to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoff
- פְּרִיpᵉrîyH65292× in this chapter
fruit (literally or figuratively)
- צַוָּארtsavvâʼrH66772× in this chapter
the back of the neck (as that on which burdens are bound)
- צַמָּהtsammâhH67772× in this chapter
a veil
- רִמּוֹןrimmôwnH74162× in this chapter
a pomegranate, the tree (from its upright growth) or the fruit (also an artificial ornament)
- רַעְיָהraʻyâhH74742× in this chapter
a female associate
- שְׁנַיִםshᵉnayimH81472× in this chapter
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
- שָׂפָהsâphâhH81932× in this chapter
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
- אֵתʼêthH8542× in this chapter
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.
- בָּנָהbânâhH11291× in this chapter
to build (literally and figuratively)