Song of Solomon 5:15
WEB
His legs are like pillars of marble set on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
BSB
His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.
KJV
His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
Hebrew interlinear
H7785
n-f — leg, runner
Derivation: from 7783;
the (lower) leg (as a runner)
KJV: hip, leg, shoulder, thigh.
n.[f.] — leg
שׁוֹק 19 n.[f.] leg
H5982
n-m — column, standing, stand
Derivation: or עַמֻּד; from 5975;
a column (as standing); also a stand, i.e. platform
KJV: × apiece, pillar.
n.m — pillar
עַמּוּד, עַמֻּד 110 n.m. pillar, column
H8336
n-m — bleached, white
Derivation: or (for alliteration with 4897) שְׁשִׁי; for 7893;
bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble
KJV: × blue, fine (twined) linen, marble, silk.
n.m — alabaster
שֵׁשׁ n.m. id. [שַׁ֫יִשׁ]; material of pavement
n.m — byssus
שֵׁשׁ n.m. byssus, fine Egyptian linen
H3245
v — set, found, sit, settle, consult
Derivation: a primitive root;
to set (literally or figuratively); intensively, to found; reflexively, to sit down together, i.e. settle, consult
KJV: appoint, take counsel, establish, (lay the, lay for a) found(-ation), instruct, lay, ordain, set, × sure.
vb — establish
יָסַד vb. establish, found, fix
Qal found, establish
Niph.
1. fix or seat themselves close together, sit in conclave
2. be founded
Pi.
1. found
2. establish
Pu. be founded, be laid, of a foundation
Hoph. be founded
H5921
prep — above, over, upon, against
Derivation: properly, the same as 5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following);
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
KJV: above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, × as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, × both and, by (reason of), × had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, × with.
forasmuch as
כִּי עַל כֵּן forasmuch as
subst — above
עַל, עָ֑ל
I. subst. height
II. As prep. upon, and hence on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against
1. Upon, of the substratum upon which an object in any way rests, or on which an action is performed
a. —
(a). of clothing, etc., which any one wears
(b). With verbs of covering or protecting, even though the cover or veil be not over or above the thing covered, but around or before it
b. Of what rests heavily upon a person, or is a burden to him
c. Of a duty, payment, care, etc., imposed upon a person, or devolving on him
d. על is used idiom. to give pathos to the expression of an emotion, by emphasizing the person who is its subject, and who, as it were, feels it acting upon him
e. חָיָה עַל to live upon (as upon a foundation or support)
f. Of the ground or basis, on which a thing is done
2. It expresses excess
3. It denotes elevation or pre-eminence
4. It expresses addition
5. It expresses the idea of being extended, or suspended over anything, without however being in contact with it, above, over
6. From the sense of inclining or impending over, על comes to denote contiguity or proximity, Engl. by (or sts. on)
7. In connection with verbs of motion (actual or fig.)
8. By writers of the silver age, על is sts. used with the force of a dative
9. With other particles:
III. As conj.
a. עַל אֲשֶׁר because that
b. עַל כִּי similar in meaning, but less frequent
c. עַל alone:
(a). because
(b). notwithstanding that, although
IV. Compounds:
1. with כְּ (rare and late)
a. as concerning, as upon
b. the like of their deeds is the like of (that which) he will repay
2. מֵעַל from upon, from over, from by
H134
n-m — basis
Derivation: from the same as 113 (in the sense of strength);
a basis (of a building, a column, etc.)
KJV: foundation, socket.
n.m — base
[אֶ֫דֶן] 57 n.m. Ex 26:19 base, pedestal
1. pedestals of fine gold
2. pedestals of the earth on wh. its pillars were placed
3. (metal) pedestals, bases, or sockets in wh. tenons of planks & pillars of tabernacle were set up; two for each plank & one for each pillar
H6337
n-m — pure, gold
Derivation: from 6338;
pure (gold); hence, gold itself (as refined)
KJV: fine (pure) gold.
n.m — refined
פַּז n.m. refined, pure gold
H4758
n-m — view, appearance
Derivation: from 7200a;
a view (the act of seeing); also an appearance (the thing seen), whether (real) a shape (especially if handsome, comeliness; often plural the looks), or (mental) a vision
KJV: × apparently, appearance(-reth), × as soon as beautiful(-ly), countenance, fair, favoured, form, goodly, to look (up) on (to), look(-eth), pattern, to see, seem, sight, visage, vision.
n.m — sight
מַרְאֶה 102 n.m. sight, appearance, vision
1.
a. sight, phenomenon, spectacle
b. appearance
c. appearance, sight, vision
2. in gen. what is seen
3. specif. a (supernat.) vision
4. sight, vision = power of seeing (and enjoying), late
H3844
n-pr-loc — Lebanon
Derivation: from 3825; (the) white mountain (from its snow);
Lebanon, a mountain range in Palestine
KJV: Lebanon.
n.pr.mont — Lebanon
לְבָנוֹן 71 n.pr.mont. Lebanon
H977
v — try, select
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
KJV: acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
vb — choose
בָּחַר vb. choose
Qal
1. with בְּ,
a. divine choice
b. man’s choice
2. with אֲשֶׁר:
a. divine choice
b. man’s choice
3. with acc. & לְ, choose some one or something for
4. with acc. and מִן, choose, select from
5. acc.
a. divine choice
b. man’s choice
6. with עַל, for this hast thou chosen rather than affliction
7. with לְ of acc. chosen
8. test, try
Niph. to be chosen
Pu. chosen, selected
H730
n-m — cedar
Derivation: from 729;
a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots)
KJV: cedar (tree).
n.m — cedar
אֶ֫רֶז n.m. cedar
1. cedar-tree
2. cedar-timber, cedar-wood for building
3. cedar-wood used in purification
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