Song of Solomon 5:12
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"His eyesעֵינָ֕יו
(ei·nav)
5869: an eyeof uncertain derivation
are like dovesכְּיֹונִ֖ים
(ke·yo·v·nim)
3123: dovefrom an unused word
Besideעַל־
(al-)
5921: upon, above, overfrom alah
streamsאֲפִ֣יקֵי
(a·fi·kei)
650: a channelfrom aphaq
of water,מָ֑יִם
(ma·yim;)
4325: waters, watera prim. root
Bathedרֹֽחֲצֹות֙
(ro·cha·tzo·vt)
7364: to wash, wash off or away, bathea prim. root
in milk,בֶּֽחָלָ֔ב
(be·cha·lav,)
2461: milkof uncertain derivation
[And] reposedיֹשְׁבֹ֖ות
(yo·she·vo·vt)
3427: to sit, remain, dwella prim. root
in [their] setting.מִלֵּֽאת׃
(mil·let.)
4402: perhaps setting or border, rimfrom male


















KJV Lexicon
His eyes
`ayin  (ah'-yin)
an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
are as the eyes of doves
yownah  (yo-naw')
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating) -- dove, pigeon.
by the rivers
'aphiyq  (aw-feek')
containing, i.e. a tube; also a bed or valley of a stream; also a strong thing or a hero -- brook, channel, mighty, river, + scale, stream, strong piece.
of waters
mayim  (mah'-yim)
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen -- + piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring).
washed
rachats  (raw-khats')
to lave (the whole or a part of a thing) -- bathe (self), wash (self).
with milk
chalab  (khaw-lawb')
milk (as the richness of kine) -- + cheese, milk, sucking.
and fitly set
yashab  (yaw-shab')
to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
mille'th  (mil-layth')
fulness, i.e. (concretely) a plump socket (of the eye) -- fitly.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"His eyes are like doves Beside streams of water, Bathed in milk, And reposed in their setting.

King James Bible
His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
His eyes are like doves beside streams of water, washed in milk and set like jewels.

International Standard Version
His eyes are like doves by streams of water, bathed in milk, mounted like jewels.

NET Bible
His eyes are like doves by streams of water, washed in milk, mounted like jewels.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
His eyes are set like doves bathing in milk.

King James 2000 Bible
His eyes are like doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.
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