Song of Solomon 5:5
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.”
קוּם
To arise, to stand up, to establish. Quwm. Arise shine for your light has come. God calls His people to get up. Passivity is not the posture of those who carry His glory.
כַּף
the handles of
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כַּף
Palm of the hand. Kaph. Engraved on the palms of My hands. Before there was a cross this image pointed to it. Jesus carries the marks of our salvation in His hands.
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עָבַר
flowing
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עָבַר
to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)
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נָטַף
they dripped
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נָטַף
to ooze, i.e. distil gradually; by implication, to fall in drops; figuratively, to speak by inspiration
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מֹר
myrrh
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מֹר
myrrh (as distilling in drops, and also as bitter)
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