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His handsיָדָיוare cylindersגְּלִילֵיof goldזָהָבsetמְמֻלָּאִיםwith chrysolite;בַּתַּרְשִׁישׁhis bellyמֵעָיוa plateעֶשֶׁתof ivoryשֵׁןcoveredמְעֻלֶּפֶתwith sapphires.סַפִּירִים
Song of Songs 5:14
Study it in the app“His hands are cylinders of gold set with chrysolite; his belly a plate of ivory covered with sapphires.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 5:14, word by word
- His handsיָדָיyaday
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yaday” appears- are cylindersגְּלִילֵיgelile
cylinder
A round, hollow piece.
Where else “gelile” appears- of goldזָהָבzahav
gold
Gold.
Where else “zahav” appears- setמְמֻלָּאִיםmemulaim
follow fully
To follow YHWH without reserve, with one's whole being; also, to fill a setting with stones.
Where else “memulaim” appears- with chrysoliteתַּרְשִׁישׁtarshish
precious stone
A precious stone whose identity is uncertain, perhaps topaz or yellow jasper. It bears the name of Tarshish, the distant place.
Where else “tarshish” appears- his bellyמֵעָיmeay
inward parts
The inward parts, the inside of the body; hence the child who comes out of them.
Where else “meay” appears- a plateעֶשֶׁתeshet
work, plate
Wrought work, a polished plate.
Where else “eshet” appears- of ivoryשֵׁןshen
ivory
The hard white material of elephant tusks, very valuable.
Where else “shen” appears- coveredמְעֻלֶּפֶתmeulefet
cover oneself
Spread over; cloak oneself.
Where else “meulefet” appears- with sapphiresסַפִּירִיםsapirim
sapphire
A blue precious stone, called "sapphire"; perhaps lapis lazuli.
Where else “sapirim” appears
The context
13His cheeks are like a garden bed of balsam, towers of aromas; his lips are lilies, dripping myrrh that flows.
14 · This verse (above)
15His legs are pillars of alabaster set on bases of pure gold; his appearance is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars.