Song of Songs 7:2

“Your navel is a rounded bowl; let it not lack mixed wine; your belly is a heap of wheat fenced with lilies.”

Song of Songs 7:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Song of Songs 7:2, word by word

Your navelשָׁרְרֵsharre

navel

Navel.

Where else “sharre” appears
is a roundedסַּהַרsahar

round

Round; roundness.

Where else “sahar” appears
bowlאַגַּןagan

bowl

Bowl, deep basin.

Where else “agan” appears
lackיֶחְסַרyechsar

lack, be lacking

Lack, be short of; decrease.

Where else “yechsar” appears
mixed wineמָּזֶגmazeg

mixed wine

Mixed (spiced) wine.

Where else “mazeg” appears
your bellyבִּטְנֵbitne

belly

The belly; also one's innermost part.

Where else “bitne” appears
is a heapעֲרֵמַתaremat

heap

Heap, especially of grain already threshed.

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of wheatחִטִּיםchitim

wheat

Wheat.

Where else “chitim” appears
fencedסוּגָהsuga

fence in

To fence in, to surround.

Where else “suga” appears
with liliesשּׁוֹשַׁנִּיםshoshanim

lily

Lily: a white flower. In the temple, an ornament shaped like a lily on capitals and rims. Also the name of a tune in the titles of psalms, and of the city of Susa.

Where else “shoshanim” appears

The context

1How beautiful are your steps in sandals, daughter of a noble! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a craftsman.

2 · This verse (above)

3Your two breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.

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