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Song of Solomon 7

Song of Sol. 7:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the roof of thy mouth
chek (Hebrew #2441)
properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing)
KJV usage: (roof of the) mouth, taste.
Pronounce: khake
Origin: probably from 2596 in the sense of tasting
like the best
towb (Hebrew #2896)
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, X fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, X most, pleasant, + pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well ((-favoured)).
Pronounce: tobe
Origin: from 2895
wine
yayin (Hebrew #3196)
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
KJV usage: banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
Pronounce: yah'-yin
Origin: from an unused root meaning to effervesce
for my beloved
dowd (Hebrew #1730)
from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e. (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love- token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
KJV usage: (well-)beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.
Pronounce: dode
Origin: or (shortened) dod {dode}
, that goeth
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
down ζsweetly
meyshar (Hebrew #4339)
evenness, i.e. (figuratively) prosperity or concord; also straightness, i.e. (figuratively) rectitude (only in plural with singular sense; often adverbially)
KJV usage: agreement, aright, that are equal, equity, (things that are) right(-eously, things), sweetly, upright(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: may-shawr'
Origin: from 3474
, causing the 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'}
of ηthose that are asleep
yashen (Hebrew #3463)
sleepy
KJV usage: asleep, (one out of) sleep(-eth, -ing), slept.
Pronounce: yaw-shane'
Origin: from 3462
to speak
dabab (Hebrew #1680)
to move slowly, i.e. glide
KJV usage: cause to speak.
Pronounce: daw-bab'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1679)
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ζ
straightly.
η
or, the ancient.

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the roof.
Song of Sol. 2:14• 14My dove, in the clefts of the rock,{HR}In the covert of the precipice,{HR}Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice;{HR}For sweet [is] thy voice, and thy countenance comely. (Song of Sol. 2:14)
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Song of Sol. 5:16• 16His mouth [is] most sweet;{HR}Yea he [is] altogether lovely.{HR}This [is] my beloved, yea this [is] my friend,{HR}O daughters of Jerusalem. (Song of Sol. 5:16)
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Prov. 16:24• 24Pleasant words [are as] a honey-comb,{HR}Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. (Prov. 16:24)
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Eph. 4:29• 29Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but if [there be] anyone good for edification of the need, that it may give grace to those that hear. (Eph. 4:29)
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Col. 3:16‑17• 16Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing each other with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, in grace singing in your hearts to God.
 17And everything, whatever ye do in word or in work, [do] all in [the] name of [the] Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father by him. (Col. 3:16‑17)
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Col. 4:6• 6Let your speech be always in grace, seasoned with salt, to know how ye must answer each one. (Col. 4:6)
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Heb. 13:15• 15Through him then let us offer sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, fruit of lips confessing his name. (Heb. 13:15)
the best.
Isa. 62:8‑9• 8Jehovah hath sworn by His right hand, and by the arm of His strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn [to be] meat for thine enemies; and sons of the alien shall not drink thy wine, for which thou hast laboured;
 9for they that have garnered it shall eat it, and praise Jehovah; and they that have gathered it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness. (Isa. 62:8‑9)
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Zech. 9:15‑17• 15Jehovah of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar.
 16And Jehovah their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people; {i}for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up upon his land.{/i}
 17For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! {i}Corn shall make the young men flourish, and new wine the maidens.{/i} (Zech. 9:15‑17)
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Acts 2:11‑13,46‑47• 11Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our tongues the mighty things of God.
 12And they were all amazed and perplexed, saying one to another, What meaneth this?
 13But others mocking said, They are filled with sweet wine.
 46And day by day, continuing with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread at home, they did take their food with gladness and simplicity of heart,
 47praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord was adding day by day together those that were to be saved. (Acts 2:11‑13,46‑47)
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Acts 4:31‑32• 31And when they prayed, the place wherein they were gathered together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness.
 32And the heart and soul of the multitude of those that believed were one; and not one said that aught of his possessions was his own: but they had all things common. (Acts 4:31‑32)
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Acts 16:30‑34• 30and led them forth, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
 31and they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus, a and thou shalt be saved and thy house.
 32And they spoke to him the word of the Lord b with all that were in his house.
 33And he took them at that hour of the night and washed [them] from their stripes, and was baptized, he and all his immediately.
 34And having brought them into his house, he set meat c before them, and rejoiced with all his house, having believed in God. (Acts 16:30‑34)
sweetly.
Heb. straightly.
those that are asleep.
or, theancient.
Song of Sol. 5:2• 2I was asleep, but my heart waked.{HR}The voice of my beloved that knocketh [saying],{HR}Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, mine undefiled;{HR}For my head is filled with dew,{HR}My locks with the drops of the night. (Song of Sol. 5:2)
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Rom. 13:11• 11And this, knowing the time, that [it is] already time that we should awake from sleep; for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed. (Rom. 13:11)
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1 Thess. 4:13‑14• 13But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those that fall asleep; that ye be not grieved even as the rest also that have no hope.
 14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also those put to sleep through Jesus will God bring with him. (1 Thess. 4:13‑14)
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Rev. 14:13• 13And I heard a voice out of the heaven, saying, Write, Blessed {i}are{/i} the dead that die in {i}the{/i} Lord henceforth. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their toils; for their works follow with them. (Rev. 14:13)
• The Bride. (7:9-8:4). (“Canticle 5: The Witness andd Communion of Love” by H. Smith)
• The bride, as she hears the Bridegroom expressing His delight in her, is constrained to speak. If the Bridegroom likens the joy He has found in her to the best wine, she immediately adds, "That goes down smoothly for my Beloved." In times past the affections of the bride may have wandered, but now the restored bride is wholly for her Beloved. (“Canticle 5: The Witness andd Communion of Love” by H. Smith)
• The best wine has caused the lips of the once sleeping bride to speak. And the words she now utters express the highest experience of her soul. (“Canticle 5: The Witness andd Communion of Love” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the roof of thy mouth like the best winec, … That goeth down smoothly ford my beloved, And stealeth over the lips of them that are asleep.

JND Translation Notes

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The feminine speaker interrupts here.
d
Or "that floweth straight to."

W. Kelly Translation

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And the roof of thy mouth as the best wine{HR}Goeth down aright for my beloved,{HR}Gliding over the lips of those asleep.