Song of Solomon 4:10
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!”
מָה
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
דּוֹד
loves/ your
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דּוֹד
Beloved, loved one. Dod. My beloved is mine and I am His. The language of intimate love pointing to God's love for His people.
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שֶׁמֶן
oils/ your
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שֶׁמֶן
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
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טוֹב
they are good
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טוֹב
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
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בֶּשֶׂם
spices
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בֶּשֶׂם
fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant
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יָפָה
they are beautiful
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יָפָה
properly, to be bright, i.e. (by implication) beautiful
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כַּלָּה
bride
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כַּלָּה
a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife
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