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.
Thy lips, O my ſpouſe! drop as the hony combe: hony and milke are vnder thy tongue, and the ſmell of thy garments is like the ſmell of Lebanon.
דְּבַשׁ , masculine noun, dəvash — honey (value 306)
H1706,
דְּבַשׁ debash, deb-ash'; from an unused root meaning to be gummy; honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup:—honey(-comb).Used in 54 Verses, 19 Books 54  Occurrence Count
חָלָב , masculine noun, halav — milk (value 40)
H2461,
חָלָב châlâb, khaw-lawb'; from the same as H2459; milk (as the richness of kine):— cheese, milk, sucking.milk, sour milk, cheese
milk
abundance of the land (metaph.)
white (as milk)
Used in 44 Verses, 16 Books 44  Occurrence Count
כַּלָּה , feminine noun, kalla — daughter-in-law, bride (value 55)
H3618,
כַּלָּה kallâh, kal-law'; from H3634; a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife:—bride, daughter-in-law, spouse.bride, daughter-in-law
daughter-in-law
bride, young wife
Used in 34 Verses, 12 Books 34  Occurrence Count
לְבָנוֹן , proper locative noun, ləvanon — a wooded mountain range on the N. border of Isr (value 138)
H3844,
לְבָנוֹן Lebânôwn, leb-aw-nohn'; from H3825; (the) white mountain (from its snow); Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine:—Lebanon.Lebanon = "whiteness"
a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel
Used in 64 Verses, 16 Books 71  Occurrence Count
לָשׁוֹן , masculine noun, lashon — tongue (value 386)
H3956,
לָשׁוֹן lâshôwn, law-shone'; or לָשֹׁן lâshôn; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה leshônâh; from H3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water):— babbler, bay, evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.tongue
tongue (of men)
tongue (literal)
tongue (organ of speech)
language
tongue (of animals)
tongue (of fire)
wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped)
Used in 115 Verses, 22 Books 117  Occurrence Count
נָטַף , verb, nataf — to drop, drip, discourse (value 139)
H5197,
נָטַף nâṭaph, naw-taf'; a primitive root; to ooze, i.e. distil gradually; by implication, to fall in drops; figuratively, to speak by inspiration:—drop(-ping), prophesy(-et).to drop, drip, distil, prophesy, preach, discourse
(Qal) to drop, drip
(Hiphil)
to drip
to drop (prophecy)
Used in 14 Verses, 9 Books 17  Occurrence Count
נֹפֶת , masculine noun, nofet — flowing honey, honey from the comb (value 530)
H5317,
נֹפֶת nôpheth, no'-feth; from H5130 in the sense of shaking to pieces; a dripping i.e. of honey (from the comb):—honeycomb.flowing honey, honey from the comb, a dropping down, honey, honeycomb
Used in 5 Verses, 3 Books 5  Occurrence Count
רֵיחַ , masculine noun, reyah — to smell, perceive odor (value 218)
H7381,
רֵיחַ rêyach, ray'-akh; from H7306; odor (as if blown):—savour, scent, smell.scent, fragrance, aroma, odour
scent, odour
odour of soothing (technical term for sacrifice to God)
Used in 55 Verses, 9 Books 58  Occurrence Count
שַׂלְמָה , feminine noun, salma — a wrapper, mantle (value 375)
H8008,
שַׂלְמָה salmâh, sal-maw'; transp. for H8071; a dress:—clothes, garment, raiment.garment, outer garment, wrapper, mantle
garment, outer garment
Used in 16 Verses, 10 Books 16  Occurrence Count
שָׂפָה , feminine noun, safa — lip, speech, edge (value 385)
H8193,
שָׂפָה sâphâh, saw-faw'; or (in dual and plural) שֶׂפֶת sepheth; probably from H5595 or H8192 through the idea of termination (compare H5490); the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.):—band, bank, binding, border, brim, brink, edge, language, lip, prating, (sea-)shore, side, speech, talk, (vain) words.lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding
lip (as body part)
language
edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)
Used in 164 Verses, 25 Books 175  Occurrence Count
תַּחַת , proper patrial adjective, accusative adverb, masculine noun, tahat — underneath, below, instead of (value 808)
H8478,
תַּחַת tachath, takh'-ath; from the same as H8430; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.:—as, beneath, × flat, in(-stead), (same) place (where...is), room, for...sake, stead of, under, × unto, × when...was mine, whereas, (where-) fore, with.the under part, beneath, instead of, as, for, for the sake of, flat, unto, where, whereas
masculine noun
the under part
accusative adverb
beneath
preposition
under, beneath
at the foot of (idiom)
sweetness, subjection, woman, being burdened or oppressed (fig)
of subjection or conquest
what is under one, the place in which one stands
in one's place, the place in which one stands (idiom with reflexive pronoun)
in place of, instead of (in transferred sense)
in place of, in exchange or return for (of things mutually interchanged)
conjunction
instead of, instead of that
in return for that, because that
in compounds
in, under, into the place of (after verbs of motion)
from under, from beneath, from under the hand of, from his place, under, beneath
Used in 450 Verses, 36 Books 505  Occurrence Count
| Song of Solomon 4:11Modern KJV—Authorized Version |
| 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. |
| Original Text (WLC) |
| נֹ֛פֶת תִּטֹּ֥פְנָה שִׂפְתוֹתַ֖יִךְ כַּלָּ֑ה דְּבַ֤שׁ וְחָלָב֙ תַּ֣חַת לְשׁוֹנֵ֔ךְ וְרֵ֥יחַ שַׂלְמֹתַ֖יִךְ כְּרֵ֥יחַ לְבָנֽוֹן׃ ס |
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| Data from Strong's Concordance |
| KJV |
Strong's # |
Hebrew |
Value |
| Thy lips, |
H8193safa |
שָׂפָה |
385 |
| O my spouse, |
H3618kalla |
כַּלָּה |
55 |
| drop |
H5197nataf |
נָטַף |
139 |
| as the honeycomb: |
H5317nofet |
נֹפֶת |
530 |
| honey |
H1706dəvash |
דְּבַשׁ |
306 |
| and milk |
H2461halav |
חָלָב |
40 |
| are under thy tongue; |
H3956lashon |
לָשׁוֹן |
386 |
| and the smell |
H7381reyah |
רֵיחַ |
218 |
| of thy garments |
H8008salma |
שַׂלְמָה |
375 |
| is like the smell |
H7381reyah |
רֵיחַ |
218 |
| of Lebanon. |
H3844ləvanon |
לְבָנוֹן |
138 |
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