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and your palateוְחִכֵּךְlike the goodכְּ הַטּוֹבwineיֵיןthat goesהוֹלֵךְto my belovedלְדוֹדִיsmoothly,לְמֵישָׁרִיםthat makesדּוֹבֵבthe lipsשִׂפְתֵיof sleepersיְשֵׁנִיםspeak.דּוֹבֵב
Song of Songs 7:9
Study it in the app“and your palate like the good wine that goes to my beloved smoothly, that makes the lips of sleepers speak.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 7:9, word by word
- and your palateחִכֵּchike
palate, mouth
The palate, the inside of the mouth; the mouth as the organ of taste and of speech.
Where else “chike” appears- like the goodטּוֹבtov
good
What is as it should be and gives delight: sound, useful, beautiful or valuable.
Where else “tov” appears- wineיֵיןyen
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yen” appears- that goesהוֹלֵךְholech
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “holech” appears- to my belovedדוֹדִdodi
beloved
The one who is loved.
Where else “dodi” appears- smoothlyמֵישָׁרִיםmesharim
smoothly
Smoothly, without roughness: the way good wine goes down.
Where else “mesharim” appears- that makesדּוֹבֵבdovev
glide
To glide; to make speak (uncertain sense).
Where else “dovev” appears- the lipsשִׂפְתֵיsifte
lip
The part of the mouth with which one speaks, and so what one says.
Where else “sifte” appears- of sleepersיְשֵׁנִיםyeshenim
sleep
To fall asleep, or sleep the sleep of death.
Where else “yeshenim” appears
The context
8I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its branches.” And please let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the fragrance of your nose like apples,
9 · This verse (above)
10I am my beloved’s, and toward me is his desire.