Song of Solomon 7:9
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak."
Word-by-Word Analysis
גָּג
gâg
a roof; by analogy, the top of an altar
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
חֶלֶב
cheleb
fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
יַיִן
yayin
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
דּוֹד
dôwd
(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
הָלַךְ
hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
מַשְׁקֶה
mashqeh
properly, causing to drink, i.e. a butler; by implication (intransitively), drink (itself); figuratively, a well-watered region
שָׂפָה
sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
רָדַם
râdam
to stun, i.e. stupefy (with sleep or death)
דָבַר
dâbar
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Key Terms in This Verse
מַשְׁקֶה mashqeh
properly, causing to drink, i.e. a butler; by implication (intransitively), drink (itself); figuratively, a well-watered region
Study H4945 →חֶלֶב cheleb
fat, whether literally or figuratively; hence, the richest or choice part
Study H2459 →דּוֹד dôwd
(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
Study H1730 →שָׂפָה sâphâh
the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
Study H8193 →הָלַךְ hâlak
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
Study H1980 →פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →Cross References
His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of...
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do foll...
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