Hebrew Word Studies (5 words)
17I have besprinkled my couch with myrrh, etc.Po`lelImperfect3masculine singular׳יְנֹפֵף יָדוֺ הַר וגוIsaiah 10:32he brandisheth his hand toward the mountain(on accusativeהַרcompare Ges§ 118f. DaSynt. 17I have besprinkled my couch with myrrh, etc.Po`lelImperfect3masculine singular׳יְנֹפֵף יָדוֺ הַר וגוIsaiah 10:32he brandisheth his hand toward the mountain(on accusativeהַרcompare Ges§ 118f. DaSynt.
- elevation (semantic_range)
- height (semantic_range)
4place of lying, couch; act of lying; — absolute׳מ1 Kings 1:47+, constructמִשְׁכַּב2 Samuel 4:5+; suffixמִשְׁכָּבִיJob 7:13+,מִשְׁכַּבְכֶםPsalm 4:5; plural constructמִשְׁכְּבֵיGenesis 49:4+, suffixמִש 4place of lying, couch; act of lying; — absolute׳מ1 Kings 1:47+, constructמִשְׁכַּב2 Samuel 4:5+; suffixמִשְׁכָּבִיJob 7:13+,מִשְׁכַּבְכֶםPsalm 4:5; plural constructמִשְׁכְּבֵיGenesis 49:4+, suffixמִש
- bed (semantic_range)
5myrrh(frombittertaste; AssyrianmurruMeissnSuppl. 60; Arabic; compare LagBN 40); — absoluteמֹרPsalm 45:95t.,מוֺרSongs 4:63t. Cant; constructמָרֿExodus 30:23; suffixמוֺרִיSongs 5:1; —myrrh(late), an Ar 5myrrh(frombittertaste; AssyrianmurruMeissnSuppl. 60; Arabic; compare LagBN 40); — absoluteמֹרPsalm 45:95t.,מוֺרSongs 4:63t. Cant; constructמָרֿExodus 30:23; suffixמוֺרִיSongs 5:1; —myrrh(late), an Ar
- drop (semantic_range)
6); Wetzst in DeSong of Solomon 2d ed. 167brings under I.אהל; he proposescardamum, Arabicfrom=little tents, from three-cornered shape of capsules)1pluralאֲהָלִיםtrees planted by׳יNumbers 24:6(""ארזיםp 6); Wetzst in DeSong of Solomon 2d ed. 167brings under I.אהל; he proposescardamum, Arabicfrom=little tents, from three-cornered shape of capsules)1pluralאֲהָלִיםtrees planted by׳יNumbers 24:6(""ארזיםp
absolute׳קProverbs 7:17;Songs 4:14; constructקִנְּמָןבֶּֿשֶׂםExodus 30:23(P)cinnamon of sweet odour. — See also Houghton-TrSmithD B under the word PostHastings DB under the wordקנן(√ of following; mea absolute׳קProverbs 7:17;Songs 4:14; constructקִנְּמָןבֶּֿשֶׂםExodus 30:23(P)cinnamon of sweet odour. — See also Houghton-TrSmithD B under the word PostHastings DB under the wordקנן(√ of following; mea
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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
I have perfumed my bed,.... As she had made it entertaining to the senses of seeing and feeling, it being showy and gaudy, soft and easy; so to the sense of smelling; and all to provoke lust, and draw into her
embraces; by censing it with incense, as Donesh in Jarchi; or by sprinkling (s) a liquor, made of the following spices, on the head, posts, and sides of the bed, to remove all ill scents, and make it more acceptable; so the Targum, Vulgate Latin, Septuagint, and all the Oriental versions, render it, "I sprinkled my bed": or, it may be, by suffumigation, which women are said to use with their garments and bed clothes (t). Even this the harlot did, with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon; all odorous, and of a sweet smell: Horace (u) speaks of the anointed beds of such persons; and of the above spices ointments were made, with which the harlot's bed might be perfumed. Cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, are reckoned among the wares of Babylon, or the church of Rome, Rev 18:13 . (s) Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 13. c. 1. (t) Clemens Alex. Paedagog. l. 2. c. 8. p. 177. (u) "Uctis cubilibus pellicum", Epod. Ode. 5. v. 69, 70.