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His legsשׁוֹקָיוare pillarsעַמּוּדֵיof alabasterשֵׁשׁsetמְיֻסָּדִיםon basesעַל אַדְנֵיof pure gold;פָזhis appearanceמַרְאֵהוּis like Lebanon,כַּלְּבָנוֹןchoiceבָּחוּרas the cedars.כָּאֲרָזִים
Song of Songs 5:15
Study it in the app“His legs are pillars of alabaster set on bases of pure gold; his appearance is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 5:15, word by word
- His legsשׁוֹקָיshokay
thigh, leg
Thigh, leg of an animal or a person.
Where else “shokay” appears- are pillarsעַמּוּדֵיamude
pillar, column
Pillar, column; also a pillar of cloud or of fire.
Where else “amude” appears- of alabasterשֵׁשׁshesh
marble
A white polished stone used to make palace columns.
Where else “shesh” appears- setמְיֻסָּדִיםmeyusadim
found
To lay the foundations of something on which it will be raised.
Where else “meyusadim” appears- on basesאַדְנֵיadne
base
Base, pedestal on which a board or a pillar rests; also the foundations of the earth (Job 38:6).
Where else “adne” appears- of pure goldפָזfaz
pure gold
Refined gold, pure gold.
Where else “faz” appears- his appearanceמַרְאֵmare
appearance
The appearance of someone or something: how it looks, beautiful or ugly.
Where else “mare” appears- is like Lebanonלְּבָנוֹןlevanon
Lebanon
See it on the mapWhere else “levanon” appears- choiceבָּחוּרbachur
choose
To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.
Where else “bachur” appears- as the cedarsאֲרָזִיםarazim
cedar
Cedar: a large tree with fragrant, lasting wood.
Where else “arazim” 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
14His hands are cylinders of gold set with chrysolite; his belly a plate of ivory covered with sapphires.
15 · This verse (above)
16His palate is sweetness, and all of him desirable. This is my beloved, and this is my companion, daughters of Jerusalem.