Song of Solomon 4:10
WEB
How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, the fragrance of your perfumes than all kinds of spices!
BSB
How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.
KJV
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!
Hebrew interlinear
H4100
i — what?, how?, why?, when?, what!, how!, what, whatever, that which
Derivation: or מַה; or מָ; or מַ; also מֶה; a primitive particle;
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
KJV: how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.
pron.interrog — what?
מָה, rarely מָה־, מַה־, מַהּ, מֶה, מַּ, מָ—pron.interrog. and indef. what? how? aught
1. interrog. what?
2. Used adverbially
3. Indef. pron.
4. With preps.
H3302
v — be bright, beautiful
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to be bright, i.e. (by implication) beautiful
KJV: be beautiful, be (make self) fair(-r), deck.
vb — be fair
[יָפָה] vb. be fair, beautiful
Qal be beautiful
Pi. beautify an idol
Hithp. beautify thyself
H1730
n-m — love, love-token, lover, friend, uncle
Derivation: or (shortened) דֹּד; from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e.
(figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
KJV: (well-) beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.
n.m — beloved
דּוֹד n.m. beloved, love (pl.), uncle
H269
n-f — sister
Derivation: irregular feminine of 251;
a sister (used very widely [like 251], literally and figuratively)
KJV: (an-) other, sister, together.
n.f — sister
אָחוֹת 114 n.f. sister
1. sister
2. = beloved
3. symbol. of Judah, Samaria, Sodom & Jerusalem
4. fig. of intimate connection
5. another
H3618
n-f — bride, son's wife
Derivation: from 3634;
a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife
KJV: bride, daughter-in-law, spouse.
n.f — daughter-in-law
כַּלָה n.f. daughter-in-law, bride
H2895
v — be, do, make, good
Derivation: a primitive root,
to be (transitively, do or make) good (or well) in the widest sense
KJV: be (do) better, cheer, be (do, seem) good, (make) goodly, × please, (be, do, go, play) well.
vb — pleasing
טוֹב vb. pleasing, good
Qal
1. be pleasant, delightful
2. be glad, joyful
3. of rank, position, claim: art thou really better than Balak?
4. be well with, good for
5. be pleasing
Hiph. do well, act right
H3196
n-m — wine, intoxication
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to effervesce;
wine (as fermented); by implication, intoxication
KJV: banqueting, wine, wine(-bibber).
n.m — wine
יַ֫יִן 141 n.m. wine
H7381
n-m — odor
Derivation: from 7306;
odor (as if blown)
KJV: savour, scent, smell.
n.m — scent
רֵיחַ 58 n.m. scent, odour (prop. breath)
H8081
n-m — grease, richness
Derivation: from 8080;
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
KJV: anointing, × fat (things), × fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, pine.
n.m — fat
שֶׁ֫מֶן 192 n.m. fat, oil
H3605
n-m — whole, all, any, every
Derivation: or (Jeremiah 33:8) כּוֹל; from 3634;
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
KJV: (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
n.m — the whole
כֹּל once כּוֹל n.m. the whole, all
1. with foll. gen. (as usually) the whole of, to be rendered, however, often in our idiom, to avoid stiffness, any or every
2. Absolutely:
a. without the art., all things, all
b. with the art. הַכֹּל
(a). where the sense is limited by the context to things (or persons) just mentioned
(b). in a wider sense, all, whether of all mankind or of all living things, the universe, or of all the circumstances of life (chiefly late)
H1314
n-m — fragrance, spicery, balsam
Derivation: or בֹּשֶׂם; from the same as 1313;
fragrance; by implication, spicery; also the balsam plant
KJV: smell, spice, sweet (odour).
n.m — spice
בֹּ֫שֶׂם n.m. spice, balsam, balsam-tree
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