Song of Solomon 8:9
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בָּנָה
bânâh
to build (literally and figuratively)
כֶּסֶף
keçeph
silver (from its pale color); by implication, money
פֶּתַח
pethach
an opening (literally), i.e. door (gate) or entrance way
צוּר
tsûwr
to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
קֶרֶשׁ
qeresh
a slab or plank; by implication, a deck of aship
אֶרֶז
ʼerez
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
Key Terms in This Verse
צוּר tsûwr
to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
Study H6696 →Cross References
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And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with them, and how he had opened the door of faith unto the Gentiles.
My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.
After this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; and I will build again the ruins thereof, and I will set it up:
For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
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