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Song of Solomon 1:14

“My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En–gedi.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

אֶשְׁכּוֹלʼeshkôwl · esh-kole'
H811 · Hebrew

Definition: a bunch of grapes or other fruit
Derivation: or אֶשְׁכֹּל; probably prolonged from H810 (אֶשֶׁךְ);
KJV renderings: cluster (of grapes).
Grammar: אֶשְׁכֹּ֨ל — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
Code HNcmsc
Usage: Occurs 9 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 40:10 Numbers 13:23 Numbers 13:24 Deuteronomy 32:32 Song of Solomon 7:8

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Verse 13 Verse 15

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.