The Song of Songs 5:3-16
taken off <06584> [have put.]
washed <07364> [I have washed.]
As the Orientals only wear sandals, they are obliged to wash their feet previously to their lying down. Hence a Hindoo, if called from his bed, often makes his excuse that he shall daub his feet.
thrust <07971> [put.]
feelings <04578> [my bowels.]
[for him. or, (as some read,) in me.]
arose <06965> [rose.]
hands <03027> [my hands.]
flowed <05674> [sweet smelling. Heb. passing, or running about.]
beloved .... lover <01730> [but my.]
I <05315> [my soul.]
looked for <01245> [I sought.]
watchmen ........................ watchmen <08104> [watchmen.]
beat <05221> [they smote.]
watchmen ........................ watchmen <08104> [the keepers.]
took away <05375> [took.]
Maidens <07650> [charge.]
find <04672> [if ye.]
tell <05046> [that ye. Heb. what ye. I am.]
beloved ............. beloved <01730> [What is.]
beautiful <03303> [O thou.]
beloved <01730> [beloved.]
stands out <01713> [the chiefest. Heb. a standard bearer.]
head <07218> [head.]
hair <06977> [his locks.]
curly <08534> [bushy. or, curled.]
eyes <05869> [His eyes.]
Rather, "His eyes are as doves;" the deep blue pigeon, the common dove in the East, whose brilliant plumage vibrates around his neck every sparkling hue, every dazzling flash of colour. And this pigeon standing amid "the torrents of water," or the foam of a waterfall, would be a blue centre with a bright space like the iris of the eye, surrounded by the white.
mounted <03427> [fitly set. Heb. sitting in fulness, that is, fitly placed, and set as a precious stone in the foil of a ring.]
cheeks <03895> [cheeks.]
garden beds <06170> [as a.]
[sweet flowers. or, towers of perfumes.]
lips <08193> [his lips.]
drops <05197> [dropping.]
arms <03027> [hands.]
abdomen <04578> [his belly.]
legs <07785> [legs.]
bases <0134> [sockets.]
appearance <04758> [his countenance.]
Lebanon <03844> [as Lebanon.]
mouth <02441> [mouth. Heb. palate.]
sweet <04477> [most.]
beloved <01730> [my beloved.]
companion <07453> [friend.]
