Study it in the app“Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm, for strong as death is love, hard as Sheol is jealousy; its flames are flames of fire, a flame of Yah.”
Love is strong as death, and many waters cannot quench itLoveLove as strong as death: many waters cannot quench itDating and Marriage
Set meשִׂימֵנִיas a sealכַחוֹתָםon your heart,עַל לִבֶּךָas a sealכַּחוֹתָםon your arm,עַל זְרוֹעֶךָforכִּיstrongעַזָּהas deathכַמָּוֶתis love,אַהֲבָהhardקָשָׁהas Sheolכִשְׁאוֹלis jealousy;קִנְאָהits flamesרְשָׁפֶיהָare flamesרִשְׁפֵּיof fire,אֵשׁa flameשַׁלְהֶבֶתְof Yah.יָה
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “sime” appearsseal
Seal: an engraved piece that served as a personal signature; it was worn hanging from a cord or as a ring.
Where else “chotam” appearsheart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “libe” appearsarm
The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.
Where else “zeroe” appearsstrong
Having strength to prevail: an enemy, a people or a border hard to overcome.
Where else “aza” appearsdeath
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mavet” appearslove
Love: the affection that joins one person to another; also the love of YHWH for his people.
Where else “ahava” appearshard
Which is very costly to bear, do or solve.
Where else “kasha” appearsSheol
Sheol: in the Old Testament, the place of the dead, the grave, where all go down at death.
Where else “sheol” appearsjealousy
A husband's burning that tolerates no rivals; so is YHWH with his people.
Where else “kina” appearsflame, burning fever
Flame, burning fever; also lightning or a live coal.
Where else “reshafe” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearsflame
A flame, a blaze.
Where else “shalhevet” appearsYah
Yah: the short form of the name YHWH. It is the form found in "Hallelujah" ("praise Yah").
Where else “ya” appears“Flame of Yah” (שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה) is a single word in Hebrew; it has also been understood as “a most intense flame.”
5Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you; there your mother was in labor with you; there she who bore you was in labor.
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7Many waters cannot quench love, nor can rivers flood it; if a man gave all the wealth of his house for love, with contempt they would despise him.
