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Like a threadכְּחוּטof scarletהַשָּׁנִיare your lips,שִׂפְתֹתַיִךְand your speechוּמִדְבָּרֵיךְis lovely;נָאוֶהlike a sliceכְּפֶלַחof pomegranateהָרִמּוֹןis your templeרַקָּתֵךְbehindמִבַּעַדyour veil.לְצַמָּתֵךְ
Song of Songs 4:3
Study it in the app“Like a thread of scarlet are your lips, and your speech is lovely; like a slice of pomegranate is your temple behind your veil.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 4:3, word by word
- Like a threadחוּטchut
thread
Thread, cord; a measuring line.
Where else “chut” appears- of scarletשָּׁנִיshani
scarlet
Scarlet, crimson; thread dyed that color.
Where else “shani” appears- are your lipsשִׂפְתֹתַיִsiftotayi
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “siftotayi” appears- and your speechמִדְבָּרֵיmidbare
speech
The mouth as the organ of speech; hence, the way of speaking.
Where else “midbare” appears- is lovelyנָאוֶהnave
lovely
Pleasing to the eye by its beauty and delicacy.
Where else “nave” appears- like a sliceפֶלַחfelach
slice
A cut part of something round, like a pomegranate.
Where else “felach” appears- of pomegranateרִמּוֹןrimon
pomegranate
The red many-seeded fruit, or an ornament shaped like it.
Where else “rimon” appears- is your templeרַקָּתֵrakate
temple (of the head)
Temple: the side of the head, the thin part between the eye and the ear.
Where else “rakate” appears- your veilצַמָּתֵtsamate
veil
A veil.
Where else “tsamate” appears
The context
2Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes that have come up from the washing, all of which bear twins, and none is barren among them.
3 · This verse (above)
4Like the tower of David is your neck, built in rows; a thousand shields hang on it, all the shields of the mighty men.