Song of Solomon 5:14
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָד
yâd
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
זָהָב
zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
טַבַּעַת
ṭabbaʻath
properly, a seal (as sunk into the wax), i.e. signet (for sealing); hence (generally) a ring of any kind
שׂוּם
sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
בֶּטֶן
beṭen
the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
שֵׁן
shên
a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliff
צָפָה
tsâphâh
to sheet over (especially with metal)
σάπφειρος
sáppheiros
a "sapphire" or lapis-lazuli gem
Key Terms in This Verse
טַבַּעַת ṭabbaʻath
properly, a seal (as sunk into the wax), i.e. signet (for sealing); hence (generally) a ring of any kind
Study H2885 →בֶּטֶן beṭen
the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything
Study H990 →זָהָב zâhâb
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
Study H2091 →שׂוּם sûwm
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
Study H7760 →Cross References
And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.
The appearance of the wheels and their work was like unto the colour of a beryl: and they four had one likeness: and their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel in the middle of a wheel.
Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even ...
Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
And the fourth row a beryl, and an onyx, and a jasper: they shall be set in gold in their inclosings.
And the fourth row, a beryl, an onyx, and a jasper: they were inclosed in ouches of gold in their inclosings.
The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
Thy right hand, O LORD, is become glorious in power: thy right hand, O LORD, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
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