Genesis 43:34

43:34

portions .......... portion .......... portions <04864> [messes.]

five times <02568 03027> [was five times.]

Sir John Chardin observes, that "in Persia, Arabia, and the Indies, there are some houses where they place several plates in large salvers, and set one of these before each person, or before two or three, according to the magnificence of each house. The great men of the state are always served by themselves, in the feasts that are made for them; and with great profusion, their part of each kind of provision being always double, treble, or a larger proportion of each kind of meat."

drunk <07937> [were merry. Heb. drank largely.]

The Song of Songs 5:1

5:1

entered <0935> [come.]

sister <0269> [my sister.]

gathered <0717> [I have gathered.]

eaten .................... Eat <0398> [eat.]

friends <07453> [friends.]

drunk ............... drink Drink freely ... lovers <08354 01730 07937> [yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. or, and be drunken with loves.]