Song of Solomon 7

Song of Solomon · Chapter 7

Song of Solomon 7:2

1How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.2Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.3Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins.4Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus.5Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries.6How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!7This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes.8I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;9And 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.10I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.11Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field; let us lodge in the villages.12Let us get up early to the vineyards; let us see if the vine flourish, whether the tender grape appear, and the pomegranates bud forth: there will I give thee my loves.13The mandrakes give a smell, and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
2Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies.Thy body is like a round goblet, Wherein no mingled wine is wanting: Thy waist is like a heap of wheat Set about with lilies.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
navel yourשָׁרְרֵךְ֙sha-re-reKhH8326
navel

שֹׁרֶר (sho.rer) navel, umbilical cord

[is] [the] bowl ofאַגַּ֣ן'a-GANH0101
vessel

אַגָּן (ag.gan) 1) bowl, basins 1a) basins used in ritual 1b) human body (metaph), curves of the body (simile) 1c) of family of Eliakim (metaph)

the roundnessהַסַּ֔הַרha-SA-harH5469
roundness

סַ֫הַר (sa.har) roundness

may notאַל־'al-H0408
not

אַל (al) 1) not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference) 1a) do not, let not (with a verb) 1b) let there not be (with a verb understood) 1c) not, no (with substantive) 1d) nothing (as substantive) Aramaic equivalent: al (אַל "not" H0409)

it lackיֶחְסַ֖רyech-SARH2637
to lack

חָסֵר (cha.ser) 1) to lack, be without, decrease, be lacking, have a need 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lack 1a2) to be lacking 1a3) to diminish, decrease 1b) (Piel) to cause to lack 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to be lacking

the mixed wineהַמָּ֑זֶגha-MA-zegH4197
mixture

מֶ֫זֶג (me.zeg) mixture, mixed wine

belly yourבִּטְנֵךְ֙bit-neKhH0990G
belly: abdomen

בֶּ֫טֶן (be.ten) : abdomen 1) belly, womb, body 1a) belly, abdomen 1a1) as seat of hunger 1a2) as seat of mental faculties 1a3) of depth of Sheol (fig.) 1b) womb

[is] a heap ofעֲרֵמַ֣ת'a-re-MATH6194
heap

עֲרֵמָה (a.re.mah) heap, pile

wheatsחִטִּ֔יםchi-TIMH2406
wheat

חִטָּה (chit.tah) 1) wheat 1a) wheat (plant) 1b) wheat flour Aramaic equivalent: chin.tah (חִנְטָה "wheat" H2591)

fenced aroundסוּגָ֖הsu-GAHH5473
to fence

סוּג (sug) 1) to fence about 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to fence about 1a2) fenced about (participle)

with the liliesבַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃ba-sho-sha-NIMH7799
lily

שׁוּשַׁן (shu.shan) 1) lily 1a) probably any lily-like flower 1b) Shoshannim, in title of Ps 45:1

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