Song of Solomon 4

Song of Solomon · Chapter 4

Song of Solomon 4:14

1Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.2Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.3Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.4Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.5Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.6Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.7Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.8Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.9Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.10How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!11Thy 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.12A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.13Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,14Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:15A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.16Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
14Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices.Spikenard and saffron, Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
nardנֵ֣רְדְּ׀NE-redH5373
nard

נֵרְדְּ (ne.red) 1) spikenard, nard 1a) an odoriferous aromatic plant from India

and saffronוְכַרְכֹּ֗םve-khar-KOMH3750
saffron

כַּרְכֹּם (kar.kom) 1) saffron 1a) an orange-yellow flower of the crocus family, used for flavouring in drinks and confections in order to promote perspiration for cooling of the body

calamusקָנֶה֙ka-NEHH7070L
branch

קָנֶה (qa.neh) : branch 1) reed, stalk, bone, balances 1a) stalk 1b) water-plant, reed 1c) calamus (aromatic reed) 1d) derived meanings 1d1) measuring-rod 1d2) reed (as unit of measure-6 cubits) 1d3) beam (of scales-for scales themselves) 1d4) shaft (of lampstand) 1d5) branches (of lampstand) 1d6) shoulder-joint

and cinnamonוְקִנָּמ֔וֹןve-ki-na-MONH7076
cinnamon

קִנָּמוֹן (qin.na.mon) 1) cinnamon 1a) fragrant bark used as spice

withעִ֖ם'imH5973A
with

עִם (im) 1) with 1a) with 1b) against 1c) toward 1d) as long as

allכָּל־kol-H3605
all

כֹּל (kol) 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606)

[the] trees ofעֲצֵ֣י'a-TZEIH6086H
tree: wood

עֵץ (ets) : wood 1) tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows 1a) tree, trees 1b) wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax

frankincenseלְבוֹנָ֑הle-vo-NAHH3828
frankincense

לְבֹנָה (le.vo.nah) 1) frankincense 1a) a white resin burned as fragrant incense 1a1) ceremonially 1a2) personally 1a3) used in compounding the holy incense

myrrhמֹ֚רmorH4753
myrrh

מֹר (mor) 1) myrrh 1a) an Arabian gum from the bark of a tree, used in sacred oil and in perfume

and aloesוַאֲהָל֔וֹתva-'a-ha-LOTH0174
aloe

אָהָל (a.ha.lim) 1) aloes, aloe tree 1a) aloe tree 1b) aloe (perfume)

withעִ֖ם'imH5973A
with

עִם (im) 1) with 1a) with 1b) against 1c) toward 1d) as long as

allכָּל־kol-H3605
all

כֹּל (kol) 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606)

[the] choicest ofרָאשֵׁ֥יra-SHEIH7218INo entry
spicesבְשָׂמִֽים׃ve-sa-MIMH1314
spice

בֶּ֫שֶׂם (be.sem) 1) spice, balsam, balsam tree, perfume 2) (TWOT) sweet, sweet smell, sweet odour

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.