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His eyesעֵינָיוare like dovesכְּיוֹנִיםbesideעַלstreamsאֲפִיקֵיof water,מָיִםbathingרֹחֲצוֹתin milk,בֶּחָלָבsittingיֹשְׁבוֹתbeside the abundance.עַל מִלֵּאת
Song of Songs 5:12
Study it in the app“His eyes are like doves beside streams of water, bathing in milk, sitting beside the abundance.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 5:12, word by word
- His eyesעֵינָיenay
eye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enay” appears- are like dovesיוֹנִיםyonim
dove
A gentle bird that flies out and returns to the place it came from.
Where else “yonim” appears- streamsאֲפִיקֵיafike
channel
The bottom along which a brook or the sea runs.
Where else “afike” appears- of waterמָיִםmayim
water
Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.
Where else “mayim” appears- bathingרֹחֲצוֹתrochatsot
wash
Wash; wash oneself, bathe.
Where else “rochatsot” appears- in milkחָלָבchalav
milk
Milk.
Where else “chalav” appears- sittingיֹשְׁבוֹתyoshvot
sit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshvot” appears- beside the abundanceמִלֵּאתmilet
fullness
Fullness, abundance (uncertain sense in Song of Songs 5:12).
Where else “milet” appears
The context
11His head is fine gold, pure gold; his curls are palm clusters, black as the raven.
12 · This verse (above)
13His cheeks are like a garden bed of balsam, towers of aromas; his lips are lilies, dripping myrrh that flows.