Song of Songs 4:11
Spousess, thy lips be as an honeycomb dropping; honey and milk be under thy tongue, and the odour of thy clothes is as the odour of incense.This verse in the real world
In what words
- נֹפֶתnôphetha dripping i.e. of honey (from the comb)
- נָטַףnâṭaphto ooze, i.e. distil gradually; by implication, to fall in drops; figuratively, to speak b
- שַׂלְמָהsalmâha dress
- כַּלָּהkallâha bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife
- חָלָבchâlâbmilk (as the richness of kine)
- דְּבַשׁdᵉbashhoney (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup
- רֵיחַrêyachodor (as if blown)
- לָשׁוֹןlâshôwnthe tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or s
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Sng 5:1, Sng 7:9, Gen 27:27, Sng 5:13, Hos 14:6–7, Sng 4:3, Psa 71:14–15, Heb 13:15