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Song of Solomon 5:16

“His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

חֵךְchêk · khake
H2441 · Hebrew

Definition: properly, the palate or inside of the mouth; hence, the mouth itself (as the organ of speech, taste and kissing)
Derivation: probably from H2596 (חָנַךְ) in the sense of tasting;
KJV renderings: (roof of the) mouth, taste.
Grammar: חִכּ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
וֹ֙ — suffix (pronominal), 3rd person, masculine, singular
Code HNcmsc/Sp3ms
Usage: Occurs 18 times in the Hebrew Bible.Job 6:30 Job 12:11 Job 20:13 Job 29:10 Job 31:30

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 חֵךְ here.

Verse 15

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.