Song of Solomon 4:3
Strong's Lexicon
Your lips
שִׂפְתֹתַ֔יִךְ (śip̄·ṯō·ṯa·yiḵ)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8193: 1) lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding 1a) lip (as body part) 1b) language 1c) edge, shore, bank (of cup, sea, river, etc)

are like a scarlet
הַשָּׁנִי֙ (haš·šā·nî)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8144: 1) scarlet, crimson 1a) properly, the insect 'coccus ilicis', the dried body of the female yielding colouring matter from which is made the dye used for cloth to colour it scarlet or crimson

ribbon,
כְּח֤וּט (kə·ḥūṭ)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2339: 1) a thread, cord, line, string

and your mouth
וּמִדְבָּרֵ֖יךְ (ū·miḏ·bā·rêḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4057: 1) wilderness 1a) pasture 1b) uninhabited land, wilderness 1c) large tracts of wilderness (around cities) 1d) wilderness (fig.) 2) mouth 2a) mouth (as organ of speech)

is lovely.
נָאוֶ֑ה (nā·weh)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5000: 1) comely, beautiful, seemly 1a) comely, beautiful 1b) seemly

Your brow
רַקָּתֵ֔ךְ (raq·qā·ṯêḵ)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7541: 1) temple, the temple (of the head)

is like a slice
כְּפֶ֤לַח (kə·p̄e·laḥ)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6400: 1) cleavage, mill-stone, cut, slice, part cut off 1a) mill-stone 1b) cleavage, slice

of pomegranate
הָֽרִמּוֹן֙ (hā·rim·mō·wn)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7416: 1) pomegranate 1a) as tree 1b) as fruit 1c) as pomegranate shaped ornaments in temple

behind
מִבַּ֖עַד (mib·ba·‘aḏ)
Preposition-m
Strong's Hebrew 1157: 1) behind, through, round about, on behalf of, away from, about 1a) through (of action) 1b) behind (with verbs of shutting) 1c) about (with verbs of fencing) 1d) on behalf of (metaph. especially with Hithpael)

your veil.
לְצַמָּתֵֽךְ׃ (lə·ṣam·mā·ṯêḵ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6777: 1) veil, woman's veil

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.

Young's Literal Translation
As a thread of scarlet [are] thy lips, And thy speech [is] comely, As the work of the pomegranate [is] thy temple behind thy veil,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Your lips are like a scarlet cord,   and your mouth is lovely.   Behind your veil,   your brow is like a slice of pomegranate. 

New American Standard Bible
"Your lips are like a scarlet thread, And your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate Behind your veil.

King James Bible
Thy lips [are] like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech [is] comely: thy temples [are] like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon; your mouth is lovely. Your temples behind your veil are like the halves of a pomegranate.

New Living Translation
Your lips are like scarlet ribbon; your mouth is inviting. Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates behind your veil.

English Standard Version
Your lips are like a scarlet thread, and your mouth is lovely. Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil.

New American Standard Bible
"Your lips are like a scarlet thread, And your mouth is lovely. Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate Behind your veil.

King James Bible
Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Your lips are like a scarlet cord, and your mouth is lovely. Behind your veil, your brow is like a slice of pomegranate.

International Standard Version
Your lips are like a scarlet thread, and your mouth is lovely. Behind your veil, your temple is like a slice of pomegranate.

NET Bible
Your lips are like a scarlet thread; your mouth is lovely. Your forehead behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.

American Standard Version
Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, And thy mouth is comely. Thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate Behind thy veil.

English Revised Version
Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy mouth is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind thy veil.

Young's Literal Translation
As a thread of scarlet are thy lips, And thy speech is comely, As the work of the pomegranate is thy temple behind thy veil,
















Cross References
Joshua 2:18
Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.

Song of Solomon 1:5
I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

Song of Solomon 5:16
His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

Song of Solomon 6:7
As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.

Song of Solomon 1:1
The song of songs, which is Solomon's.

Song of Solomon 4:2
Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.

Song of Solomon 4:1
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

Song of Solomon 3:11
Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

Song of Solomon 4:4
Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

Song of Solomon 4:5
Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

Song of Solomon 4:6
Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
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