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Song of Solomon 5

Cnt. 5:13 KJV (With Strong’s)

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His cheeks
lchiy (Hebrew #3895)
the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone
KJV usage: cheek (bone), jaw (bone).
Pronounce: lekh-ee'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be soft
are as a bed
`aruwgah (Hebrew #6170)
feminine passive participle of 6165; something piled up (as if (figuratively) raised by mental aspiration), i.e. a paterre
KJV usage: bed, furrow.
Pronounce: ar-oo-gaw'
Origin: or iarugah {ar-oo-gaw'}
of spices
besem (Hebrew #1314)
from the same as 1313; fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant
KJV usage: smell, spice, sweet (odour).
Pronounce: beh'-sem
Origin: or bosem {bo'-sem}
, as γsweet
merqach (Hebrew #4840)
a spicy herb
KJV usage: X sweet.
Pronounce: mer-kawkh'
Origin: from 7543
flowers
migdal (Hebrew #4026)
from 1431; a tower (from its size or height); by analogy, a rostrum; figuratively, a (pyramidal) bed of flowers
KJV usage: castle, flower, tower. Compare the names following.
Pronounce: mig-dawl'
Origin: also (in plural) feminine migdalah {mig-daw- law'}
: his lips
saphah (Hebrew #8193)
probably from 5595 or 8192 through the idea of termination (compare 5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
KJV usage: band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, ((sea-))shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.
Pronounce: saw-faw'
Origin: or (in dual and plural) sepheth {sef-eth'}
like lilies
shuwshan (Hebrew #7799)
or shoshan {sho- shawn'}; and (feminine) showshannah {sho-shan-naw'}; from 7797; a lily (from its whiteness), as a flower of arch. ornament; also a (straight) trumpet (from the tubular shape)
KJV usage: lily, Shoshannim.
Pronounce: shoo-shan'
Origin: or showshan {sho-shawn'}
, dropping
nataph (Hebrew #5197)
to ooze, i.e. distil gradually; by implication, to fall in drops; figuratively, to speak by inspiration
KJV usage: drop(-ping), prophesy(-et).
Pronounce: naw-taf'
Origin: a primitive root
sweet smelling
`abar (Hebrew #5674)
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
KJV usage: alienate, alter, X at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-)come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way, in, on, over, through), have away (more), lay, meddle, overrun, make partition, (cause to, give, make to, over) pass(-age, along, away, beyond, by, -enger, on, out, over, through), (cause to, make) + proclaim(-amation), perish, provoke to anger, put away, rage, + raiser of taxes, remove, send over, set apart, + shave, cause to (make) sound, X speedily, X sweet smelling, take (away), (make to) transgress(-or), translate, turn away, (way-)faring man, be wrath.
Pronounce: aw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
myrrh
more (Hebrew #4753)
from 4843; myrrh (as distilling in drops, and also as bitter)
KJV usage: myrrh.
Pronounce: mor
Origin: or mowr {more}
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or, towers of perfumes.

More on:

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Bed; Bedstead,
Lily,
Myrrh,
Spices

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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cheeks.
Cnt. 1:10• 10Hermosas son tus mejillas entre los pendientes, Tu cuello entre los collares. (Cnt. 1:10)
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Is. 50:6• 6Dí mi cuerpo á los heridores, y mis mejillas á los que me mesaban el cabello: no escondí mi rostro de las injurias y esputos. (Is. 50:6)
as a.
Sal. 4:6‑7• 6Muchos dicen: ¿Quién nos mostrará el bien? Alza sobre nosotros, oh Jehová, la luz de tu rostro.
 7Tú diste alegría en mi corazón, Más que tienen ellos en el tiempo que se multiplicó su grano y su mosto. (Sal. 4:6‑7)
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Sal. 27:4• 4Una cosa he demandado á Jehová, ésta buscaré: Que esté yo en la casa de Jehová todos los días de mi vida, Para contemplar la hermosura de Jehová, y para inquirir en su templo. (Sal. 27:4)
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Sal. 89:15• 15Bienaventurado el pueblo que sabe aclamarte: Andarán, oh Jehová, á la luz de tu rostro. (Sal. 89:15)
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Ap. 21:23• 23Y la ciudad no tenía necesidad de sol, ni de luna, para que resplandezcan en ella: porque la claridad de Dios la iluminó, y el Cordero era su lumbrera. (Ap. 21:23)
sweet flowers.
or, towers of perfumes.
Cnt. 3:6• 6¿Quién es ésta que sube del desierto como columnita de humo, Sahumada de mirra y de incienso, Y de todos polvos aromáticos? (Cnt. 3:6)
his lips.
Cnt. 4:11• 11Como panal de miel destilan tus labios, oh esposa; Miel y leche hay debajo de tu lengua; Y el olor de tus vestidos como el olor del Líbano. (Cnt. 4:11)
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Sal. 45:2• 2Haste hermoseado más que los hijos de los hombres; La gracia se derramó en tus labios: Por tanto Dios te ha bendecido para siempre. (Sal. 45:2)
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Is. 50:4• 4El Señor Jehová me dió lengua de sabios, para saber hablar en sazón palabra al cansado; despertará de mañana, despertaráme de mañana oído, para que oiga como los sabios. (Is. 50:4)
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Lc. 4:22• 22Y todos le daban testimonio, y estaban maravillados de las palabras de gracia que salían de su boca, y decían: ¿No es éste el hijo de José? (Lc. 4:22)
dropping.
Cnt. 5:5• 5Yo me levanté para abrir á mi amado, Y mis manos gotearon mirra, Y mis dedos mirra que corría Sobre las aldabas del candado. (Cnt. 5:5)
• The cheeks speak of beauty and attractiveness. (“Canticle 4: The Restoration of Love” by H. Smith)
• His lips are likened to lilies dropping sweet-smelling myrrh. The lily may speak of purity and the sweet-smelling myrrh of grace. (“Canticle 4: The Restoration of Love” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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His cheeks are as a bed of spices, raised beds of sweet plants; His lips lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.