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Song of Solomon 5:10

“My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

דּוֹדdôwd · dode
H1730 · Hebrew

Definition: (figuratively) to love; by implication, a love-token, lover, friend; specifically an uncle
Derivation: or (shortened) דֹּד; from an unused root meaning properly, to boil, i.e.
KJV renderings: (well-) beloved, father's brother, love, uncle.
Grammar: דּוֹדִ֥ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
י — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
Code HNcmsc/Sp1cs
Usage: Occurs 61 times in the Hebrew Bible.Leviticus 10:4 Leviticus 20:20 Leviticus 25:49 Leviticus 25:49 Numbers 36:11

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Verse 9 Verse 11

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.