Proverbs 5:19

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

[ As] a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַיֶּ֥לֶת אֲהָבִ֗ים וְֽיַעֲלַ֫ת חֵֽן דַּ֭דֶּיהָ יְרַוֻּ֣ךָ בְכָל־עֵ֑ת בְּ֝אַהֲבָתָ֗הּ תִּשְׁגֶּ֥ה תָמִֽיד

Transliteration

ʾayyelet ʾăhābîm and-yaʿălat ḥēn her-daddîm yĕrawwûkā in-all-ʿēt in-her-ʾahăbâ tišgeh tāmîd

Grammar Details

*ʾayyelet*: noun, feminine singular construct - doe/deer of
*ʾăhābîm*: noun, masculine plural - love/affection
*yaʿălat*: noun, feminine singular construct - ibex/mountain goat of
*ḥēn*: noun, masculine singular - grace/favor/charm
*daddîm*: noun, masculine dual with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her breasts
*yĕrawwûkā*: verb, piel imperfect 3rd person masculine plural with 2nd person masculine suffix - they satisfy you
*ʿēt*: noun, feminine singular - time
*ʾahăbâ*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her love
*tišgeh*: verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - be intoxicated/infatuated
*tāmîd*: adverb - continually/always

Word Meanings

*ʾayyelet*: doe/deer/hind
*ʾăhābîm*: love/affection/desires
*yaʿălat*: ibex/mountain goat/wild goat
*ḥēn*: grace/favor/charm/beauty
*daddîm*: breasts/loves
*yĕrawwûkā*: satisfy you/give you drink/quench your thirst
*tišgeh*: be intoxicated/be infatuated/go astray/be captivated
*tāmîd*: continually/always/regularly/consistently

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Song 2:9 : 9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: Behold, he standeth behind our wall; He looketh in at the windows; He glanceth through the lattice.
Song 4:5 : 5 Thy two breasts are like two {H6082} fawns That are twins of a roe, Which feed among the lilies.
Song 7:3 : 3 Thy two breasts are like two {H6082} fawns That are twins of a roe.
Song 8:14 : 14 Make haste, my beloved, And be thou like to a roe or to a young hart Upon the mountains of spices.
Song 2:17 : 17 Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, Turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart Upon the mountains of Bether.
Prov 5:15 : 15 Drink waters out of thine own cistern, And running waters out of thine own well.
2 Sam 12:4 : 4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

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