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Song of Solomon 1

Song of Sol. 1:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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While the king
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
sitteth at his table
mecab (Hebrew #4524)
or feminine mcibbowth {mes-ib-bohth'}; from 5437; a divan (as enclosing the room); abstractly (adverbial) around
KJV usage: that compass about, (place) round about, at table.
Pronounce: may-sab'
Origin: plural masculine mcibbiym {mes-ib-beem'}
, my spikenard
nerd (Hebrew #5373)
nard, an aromatic
KJV usage: spikenard.
Pronounce: nayrd
Origin: of foreign origin
sendeth forth
nathan (Hebrew #5414)
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
KJV usage: add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, X avenge, X be ((healed)), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, + cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, X doubtless, X without fail, fasten, frame, X get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), X have, X indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), + lie, lift up, make, + O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, X pull , put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), + sing, + slander, strike, (sub-)mit, suffer, X surely, X take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, + weep, + willingly, + withdraw, + would (to) God, yield.
Pronounce: naw-than'
Origin: a primitive root
the smell
reyach (Hebrew #7381)
odor (as if blown)
KJV usage: savour, scent, smell.
Pronounce: ray'-akh
Origin: from 7306
thereof.

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Ministry on This Verse

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the king.
Song of Sol. 7:5• 5Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries. (Song of Sol. 7:5)
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Psa. 45:1• 1<<To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.>> My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. (Psa. 45:1)
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Matt. 22:11• 11And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: (Matt. 22:11)
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Matt. 25:34• 34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: (Matt. 25:34)
sitteth.
Song of Sol. 4:16• 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. (Song of Sol. 4:16)
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Matt. 22:4• 4Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. (Matt. 22:4)
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Matt. 26:26‑28• 26And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
 27And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it;
 28For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. (Matt. 26:26‑28)
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Luke 24:30‑32• 30And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
 31And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.
 32And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures? (Luke 24:30‑32)
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Rev. 3:20• 20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. (Rev. 3:20)
my.
Song of Sol. 4:13‑16• 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. (Song of Sol. 4:13‑16)
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John 12:3• 3Then took Mary a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. (John 12:3)
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Phil. 4:18• 18But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odor of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, wellpleasing to God. (Phil. 4:18)
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Rev. 8:3‑4• 3And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
 4And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. (Rev. 8:3‑4)
• The Bride. (Vss. 12-14). (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)
• While the King sitteth at His table, the worship of her heart ascends as a sweet odor. The King at His table gives us a lovely picture of Christ in the midst of His own. ... Christ at rest, finding joy and delight in the midst of His own. Not Bethany with its sorrow, but Bethany with its feasting - that happy moment when loving hearts "made Him a supper." (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)
• When the heart is filled with Christ we worship - "[Our] spikenard sendeth forth its fragrance." (“Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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While the king is at his table, My spikenard sendeth forth its fragrance.