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Song of Solomon 7

Song of Sol. 7:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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How fair
yaphah (Hebrew #3302)
properly, to be bright, i.e. (by implication) beautiful
KJV usage: be beautiful, be (make self) fair(-r), deck.
Pronounce: yaw-faw'
Origin: a primitive root
and how pleasant
na`em (Hebrew #5276)
to be agreeable (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: pass in beauty, be delight, be pleasant, be sweet.
Pronounce: naw-ame'
Origin: a primitive root
art thou, O love
'ahabah (Hebrew #160)
feminine of 158 and meaning the same
KJV usage: love.
Pronounce: a-hab-aw
, for delights
ta`anuwg (Hebrew #8588)
and (feminine) taeanugah {tah-ah-oog-aw'}; from 6026; luxury
KJV usage: delicate, delight, pleasant.
Pronounce: tah-an-oog'
Origin: or taanug {tah-an-oog'}
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Song of Sol. 7:10• 10I am my beloved's, And his desire is toward me. (Song of Sol. 7:10)
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Song of Sol. 1:15‑16• 15Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold, thou art fair: thine eyes are doves.
 16Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant; Also our bed is green. (Song of Sol. 1:15‑16)
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Song of Sol. 2:14• 14My dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the precipice, Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. (Song of Sol. 2:14)
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Song of Sol. 4:7,10• 7Thou art all fair, my love; And there is no spot in thee.
 10How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! How much better is thy love than wine! And the fragrance of thine ointments than all spices! (Song of Sol. 4:7,10)
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Psa. 45:11• 11And the king will desire thy beauty; for he is thy Lord, and worship thou him. (Psa. 45:11)
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Isa. 62:4‑5• 4Thou shalt no more be termed, Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed, Desolate: but thou shalt be called, My delight is in her, and thy land, Married; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
 5For as a young man marrieth a virgin, shall thy sons marry thee; and with the joy of the bridegroom over the bride, shall thy God rejoice over thee. (Isa. 62:4‑5)
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Zeph. 3:17• 17Jehovah thy God is in thy midst, a mighty one that will save: he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love; he will exult over thee with singing. (Zeph. 3:17)
• The Bridegroom. (7:6-9). (“Canticle 5: The Witness andd Communion of Love” by H. Smith)
• The daughters of Jerusalem can contemplate the bride as an object to admire; but the King not only admires, He possesses the bride and finds in her a source of personal delight. (“Canticle 5: The Witness andd Communion of Love” by H. Smith)
• {v.6-7} the King says "How fair!" but He adds, "How pleasant art thou, O love, for delights." And the two figures used express the two thoughts; viewing her in all her beauty He likens her to the graceful and stately palm: viewing her as an object of delight, He likens her "to clusters of grapes." (“Canticle 5: The Witness andd Communion of Love” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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How fair and how pleasant art thou, my love, in delights!