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Song of Solomon 4:15

“A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

מַעְיָןmaʻyân · mah-yawn'
H4599 · Hebrew

Definition: a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
Derivation: or מַעְיְנוֹ; (Psalm 114:8), or (feminine) מַעְיָנָה; from H5869 (עַיִן) (as a denominative in the sense of a spring);
KJV renderings: fountain, spring, well.
Grammar: מַעְיַ֣ן — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
Code HNcmsc
Usage: Occurs 23 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 7:11 Genesis 8:2 Leviticus 11:36 Joshua 15:9 Joshua 18:15

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 מַעְיָן here.

Verse 14 Verse 16

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.