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Song of Solomon 4:9

“Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

לָבַבlâbab · law-bab'
H3823 · Hebrew

Definition: (in a good sense) transport (with love), or (in a bad sense) stultify; to make cakes
Derivation: a primitive root; properly, to be enclosed (as if with fat); by implication (as denominative from H3824 (לֵבָב)); to unheart; also as denominative from H3834 (לָבִיבָה) i.e.
KJV renderings: make cakes, ravish, be wise.
Grammar: לִבַּבְתִּ֖ — verb Piel, perfect, 2nd person, feminine, singular
נִי — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
Code HVpp2fs/Sp1cs
Usage: Occurs 5 times in the Hebrew Bible.2 Samuel 13:6 2 Samuel 13:8 Job 11:12

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 לָבַב here.

Verse 8 Verse 10

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.