Original Language Studio
Song of Solomon 4:11
“Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
נֹפֶתnôpheth · no'-feth
H5317 · Hebrew
H5317 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a dripping i.e. of honey (from the comb)
- Derivation
- from H5130 (נוּף) in the sense of shaking to pieces;
- KJV renderings
- honeycomb.
- Grammar
- נֹ֛פֶת — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 5 times in the Hebrew Bible.Psalms 19:11Proverbs 5:3Proverbs 24:13Proverbs 27:7
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read נֹפֶת here.
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.