Song of Songs 5:12
His eyes be as culvers on the strands of waters, that be washed in milk, and sit beside the fullest rivers.This verse in the real world
In what words
- אָפִיקʼâphîyqproperly, containing, i.e. a tube; also a bed or valley of astream; also a strong thing or
- יוֹנָהyôwnâha dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
- חָלָבchâlâbmilk (as the richness of kine)
- רָחַץrâchatsto lave (the whole or a part of a thing)
- מַיִםmayimwater; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- עַיִןʻayinan eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
- יָשַׁבyâshabproperly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwe
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.