Song of Songs 4:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נֵ֣רְדְּ ׀ וְכַרְכֹּ֗ם קָנֶה֙ וְקִנָּמ֔וֹן עִ֖ם כָּל־עֲצֵ֣י לְבוֹנָ֑ה מֹ֚ר וַאֲהָל֔וֹת עִ֖ם כָּל־רָאשֵׁ֥י בְשָׂמִֽים׃

Transliteration

nērd and-karkōm qāneh and-qinnāmôn with all-ʿăṣê lᵊḇônāh mōr and-ʾăhālôṯ with all-rāʾšê ḇᵊśāmîm

Grammar Details

*nērd*: noun, masculine singular - nard/spikenard
*karkōm*: noun, masculine singular - saffron/crocus
*qāneh*: noun, masculine singular - reed/cane
*qinnāmôn*: noun, masculine singular - cinnamon
*ʿăṣê*: noun, masculine plural construct - trees of
*lᵊḇônāh*: noun, feminine singular - frankincense
*mōr*: noun, masculine singular - myrrh
*ʾăhālôṯ*: noun, feminine plural - aloes
*rāʾšê*: noun, masculine plural construct - chief/best of
*ḇᵊśāmîm*: noun, masculine plural - spices/fragrances

Word Meanings

*qāneh*: reed/cane/calamus/sweet cane
*ʿăṣê*: trees/woods/timber
*rāʾšê*: chief/best/heads/principal

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Referenced Verses

Exod 30:23 : 23 Take thou also unto thee principal spices, of pure myrrh five hundred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon half so much, even two hundred and fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus two hundred and fifty shekels,
Song 4:6 : 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.
Song 3:6 : 6 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
Ezek 27:19 : 19 Dan also and Javan going to and fro occupied in thy fairs: bright iron, cassia, and calamus, were in thy market.
Mark 16:1 : 1 And when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him.
John 19:39 : 39 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.
Rev 18:13 : 13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and slaves, and souls of men.
Gen 43:11 : 11 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
Song 5:1 : 1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Song 6:2 : 2 My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
Num 24:6 : 6 As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the LORD hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.
1 Kgs 10:10 : 10 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
2 Chr 9:9 : 9 And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices great abundance, and precious stones: neither was there any such spice as the queen of Sheba gave king Solomon.
Prov 7:17 : 17 I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
Song 1:12 : 12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

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