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Your lipsשִׂפְתוֹתַיִךְdripתִּטֹּפְנָהhoneycomb,נֹפֶתbride;כַּלָּהhoneyדְּבַשׁand milkוְחָלָבare underתַּחַתyour tongue,לְשׁוֹנֵךְand the fragranceוְרֵיחַof your garmentsשַׂלְמֹתַיִךְis like the fragranceכְּרֵיחַof Lebanon.לְבָנוֹן
Song of Songs 4:11
Study it in the app“Your lips drip honeycomb, bride; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 4:11, word by word
- Your lipsשִׂפְתוֹתַיִsiftotayi
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “siftotayi” appears- dripתִּטֹּפְנָהtitofna
drip
To let fall drop by drop, like rain or honey.
Where else “titofna” appears- honeycombנֹפֶתnofet
dripping honey
Honey that drips, the purest, as it comes from the comb.
Where else “nofet” appears- brideכַּלָּהkala
bride
A woman newly married.
Where else “kala” appears- honeyדְּבַשׁdevash
honey
Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.
Where else “devash” appears- and milkחָלָבchalav
milk
Milk.
Where else “chalav” appears- your tongueלְשׁוֹנֵleshone
tongue
The organ in the mouth used to taste and speak; hence, what one says.
Where else “leshone” appears- and the fragranceרֵיחַreach
aroma, smell
Smell, scent, aroma; "pleasing aroma" is said of offerings accepted by God.
Where else “reach” appears- of your garmentsשַׂלְמֹתַיִsalmotayi
garment, cloak
Garment, cloak.
Where else “salmotayi” appears- of Lebanonלְבָנוֹןlevanon
Lebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appears
Places in this verse
Lebanon
Today: Lebanon (Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon ranges)
A mountain range north of Israel, famous for its cedars; today it gives its name to the country of Lebanon.
Solomon asked for cedar wood from Lebanon to build the temple (1 Kgs 5:6). The Psalms compare the righteous to its cedars (Ps 92:12).
The context
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!
11 · This verse (above)
12A garden locked is my sister, bride, a fountain locked, a spring sealed.