Song of Solomon 1:17

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Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.	The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.	I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The beams^H6982 of our house^H1004 are cedar^H730, and our rafters^{H7351 H7351} of fir^H1266.

Original Hebrew

קֹרֹות בָּתֵּינוּ אֲרָזִים [רַחִיטֵנוּ כ] (רַהִיטֵנוּ ק) בְּרֹותִים׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
קֹר֤וֹת	ko.Rot	H6982	HNcfpc	(the) beams of
בָּתֵּ֨י/נוּ֙	ba.Tei./nu	H1004	HNcmpc/Sp1cp	houses/ our
אֲרָזִ֔ים	'a.ra.Zim	H730	HNcmpa	(are) cedar(s)
[רחיט/נו כ] (רַהִיטֵ֖/נוּ ק)	[rᵉchîyṭ כ] (ra.chi.te./nu ק)	H7351 כ	[HNcmsc/Sp1cp כ] (HNcmsc/Sp1bp ק)	(rafters/ our ק)
בְּרוֹתִֽים	be.ro.Tim	H1266	HNcmpa	(are) cypress(es)

Where the Hebrew text is written one way but traditionally read another, both are shown: [written form כ] (Ketiv) and (read form ק) (Qere).

Strong's References

H730 — אֶרֶז (ʼerez, eh-rez'): from אָרַז (ʼâraz) H729; a cedar tree (from the tenacity of its roots); cedar (tree).
H1004 — בַּיִת (bayith, bah'-yith): probably from בָּנָה (bânâh) H1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.); court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web, [phrase] within(-out).
H1266 — בְּרוֹת (bᵉrôwth, ber-oth'): a variation of בְּרוֹשׁ (bᵉrôwsh) H1265; the cypress (or some elastic tree); fir.
H6982 — קוֹרָה (qôwrâh, ko-raw'): or קֹרָה (qôrâh); from קוּר (qûwr) H6979; a rafter (forming trenches as it were); by implication, a roof; beam, roof.
H7351 — רְחִיט (rᵉchîyṭ, rekh-eet'): from the same as רַהַט (rahaṭ) H7298; a panel (as resembling a trough); rafter.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References

beams — 2 Chronicles 2:8-9, Psalms 92:12, 1 Timothy 3:15-16, Hebrews 11:10, 1 Peter 2:4-5
rafters — Ezekiel 41:16, Ezekiel 42:3

Reciprocal references (2): Jeremiah 22:14, Ezekiel 41:15

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