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Song of Solomon 5:13
“His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
לְחִיlᵉchîy · lekh-ee'
H3895 · Hebrew
H3895 · Hebrew
- Definition
- the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone
- Derivation
- from an unused root meaning to be soft;
- KJV renderings
- cheek (bone), jaw (bone).
- Grammar
- לְחָיָ — common noun, both genders, dual, construct
- ו֙ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 21 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 18:3Judges 15:15Judges 15:16Judges 15:16Judges 15:17
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 לְחִי 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.