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Song of Solomon 1

Cnt. 1:15 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold, thou art fair
yapheh (Hebrew #3303)
beautiful (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), + goodly, pleasant, well.
Pronounce: yaw-feh'
Origin: from 3302
, my ρlove
ra`yah (Hebrew #7474)
a female associate
KJV usage: fellow, love.
Pronounce: rah-yaw'
Origin: feminine of 7453
; behold, thou art fair
yapheh (Hebrew #3303)
beautiful (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: + beautiful, beauty, comely, fair(-est, one), + goodly, pleasant, well.
Pronounce: yaw-feh'
Origin: from 3302
; thou hast doves’
yownah (Hebrew #3123)
a dove (apparently from the warmth of their mating)
KJV usage: dove, pigeon.
Pronounce: yo-naw'
Origin: probably from the same as 3196
eyes
`ayin (Hebrew #5869)
an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
KJV usage: affliction, outward appearance, + before, + think best, colour, conceit, + be content, countenance, + displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, + favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), X him, + humble, knowledge, look, (+ well), X me, open(-ly), + (not) please, presence, + regard, resemblance, sight, X thee, X them, + think, X us, well, X you(-rselves).
Pronounce: ah'-yin
Origin: probably a primitive word
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or, companion.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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thou art fair.
my love.
or, my companion.
thou hast.
 The Bridegroom. (Vs. 15). (Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love by H. Smith)
 Now He expresses His delight in the bride. She had said, "I am black," but the Bridegroom says, "Behold thou art fair." Christ, ever viewing His people in the light of His purpose, and on the ground of His work, can say of each one, "Thou art fair." (Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love by H. Smith)
 The King adds, "Thou hast doves' eyes." The dove mourns and languishes when separated from its mate. Hezekiah could say in his sickness, "I did mourn as a dove." The dove has no eye but for its loved object. (Canticle 1: The Assurance of Love by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Behold, thou art fair, my love; Behold, thou art fair: thine eyes are doves.