Song of Solomon 5:13

Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh."

Word-by-Word Analysis

His

לְחִי

lᵉchîy

H3895

the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone

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are as a

מִשְׁכָּב

mishkâb

H4904

a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse

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of

בֶּשֶׂם

besem

H1314

fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant

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as

נִיחוֹחַ

nîychôwach

H5207

properly, restful, i.e. pleasant; abstractly, delight

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נִדָּה

niddâh

H5079

properly, rejection; by implication, impurity, especially personal (menstruation) or moral (idolatry, incest)

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his

שָׂפָה

sâphâh

H8193

the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

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דָּמָה

dâmâh

H1819

to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider

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κρίνον

krínon

G2918

a lily

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דֶּלֶף

deleph

H1812

a dripping

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נִיחוֹחַ

nîychôwach

H5207

properly, restful, i.e. pleasant; abstractly, delight

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עָבַר

ʻâbar

H5674

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in ...

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מֹר

môr

H4753

myrrh (as distilling in drops, and also as bitter)

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Key Terms in This Verse

dropping H1812

דֶּלֶף deleph

a dripping

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smelling H5674

עָבַר ʻâbar

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)

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cheeks H3895

לְחִי lᵉchîy

the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone

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lilies G2918

κρίνον krínon

a lily

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flowers H5079

נִדָּה niddâh

properly, rejection; by implication, impurity, especially personal (menstruation) or moral (idolatry, incest)

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myrrh H4753

מֹר môr

myrrh (as distilling in drops, and also as bitter)

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spices H1314

בֶּשֶׂם besem

fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant

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bed H4904

מִשְׁכָּב mishkâb

a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse

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sweet H5207

נִיחוֹחַ nîychôwach

properly, restful, i.e. pleasant; abstractly, delight

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sweet H5207

נִיחוֹחַ nîychôwach

properly, restful, i.e. pleasant; abstractly, delight

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Cross References

Song of Solomon 1:10 cross-reference

Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.

Song of Solomon 2:1 cross-reference

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

Song of Solomon 6:2 cross-reference

My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

Song of Solomon 3:6 cross-reference

Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?

Psalm 89:15 cross-reference

Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.

Song of Solomon 5:5 cross-reference

I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

Luke 4:22 cross-reference

And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?

Revelation 21:23 cross-reference

And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

Isaiah 50:6 cross-reference

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

Psalm 45:2 cross-reference

Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Psalm 27:4 cross-reference

One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.

Song of Solomon 4:11 cross-reference

Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

Isaiah 50:4 cross-reference

The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned...

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