Song of Songs 4:9–10
He tells her she has stolen his heart
Study it word by word9You have stolen my heart, my sister, bride; you have stolen my heart with one of your eyes, with one bead of your necklaces.
10How beautiful is your love, my sister, bride! How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your perfumes than all balsams!
In its context
7You are all beautiful, my companion, and there is no defect in you.
8With me from Lebanon, bride, with me from Lebanon you will come; you will look from the peak of Amana, from the peak of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of lions, from the mountains of leopards.
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11Your lips drip honeycomb, bride; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
12A garden locked is my sister, bride, a fountain locked, a spring sealed.
Its words in the original
- לִבַּבְתִּlibavti· make cakes, hearten
To make cakes (from the word "cake"); elsewhere, to ravish the heart or to gain understanding. The root is that of "heart."
- אֲחֹתִachoti· sister
Sister; also a female relative, or a woman of the same people.
- כַלָּהchala· daughter-in-law, bride
Daughter-in-law; also bride or newly married woman.
- אַחַתachat· one
One; only, the same. Also "first" in a series.
- עֵינַיִenayi· eye
Eye. "In someone's eyes" means "in his opinion"; "find favor in the eyes of" is to please him. Also a spring of water.
- עֲנָקanak· necklace
Necklace: an ornament worn around the neck.
- צַּוְּרֹנָיִtsavronayi· neck
Neck.
- יָּפוּyafu· be beautiful
To be beautiful, lovely; originally "to be bright". Also "to make beautiful, to adorn".
- דֹדַיִdodayi· uncle, beloved
Uncle, the father's brother. The same word means "beloved" and "love" in the Song of Songs.
- טֹּבוּtovu· be good, go well
Be good, go well, do well.
- יַּיִןyayin· wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
- רֵיחַreach· aroma, smell
Smell, scent, aroma; "pleasing aroma" is said of offerings accepted by God.
- שְׁמָנַיִshemanayi· oil
Olive oil. It was used for food, light, and perfume, and also to consecrate something or someone to God (anoint).
- בְּשָׂמִיםbesamim· spice, balsam
Spices with a pleasing smell; balsam.