Song of Solomon 1:16

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II. הֵן₁₀₀ (הֶןֿ Num 23:9; Num 23:24; Job 8:19; Job 8:20; Job 13:1; Job 26:14; Job 33:6; Job 33:12; Job 33:29; Job 36:5; Job 36:22; Job 36:26 הֵןֿ Job 13:15; Job 36:30; Job 41:1 +) demonstrative adverb or interjection lo! behold (on etymology see הִנֵּה), less widely used than הִנֵּה, and in prose mostly confined to calling attention to some fact upon which action is to be taken, or a conclusion based;
  a. Gen 3:22 הֵן הָאָדָם הָיָה behold the man is become as one of us, & now lest, etc., Gen 4:14 behold, thou hast driven me forth etc., Gen 11:6; Gen 15:3; Gen 19:34; Gen 27:11; Gen 29:7; Gen 30:34 (nearly = yea), Exod 5:5; Exod 6:12; Exod 6:30; Lev 10:18; Lev 10:19; Num 17:27; Deut 5:21 (in prose only in Pentateuch (23 t.) and Ezek 18:4 in this usage); in poetry, used more freely, but chiefly in Isa² & Job, — Num 23:9; Num 23:24 (Balaam) Isa 23:13; Isa 32:1; Isa 33:7; Ps 51:7; Ps 51:8; Ps 68:34; Ps 78:20; Ps 139:4; Prov 11:31 (stating the premiss to a conclusion introduced by אַף כִּי, q. v.), Prov 24:12: elsewhere (except in senses b, c) only in Isa² (23 t.) & Job (31 t), as Isa 40:15 (twice in verse); Isa 41:11; Isa 41:24; Isa 41:29; Isa 50:1; Isa 50:2; Isa 50:9 (twice in verse); Isa 50:11; Job 4:18; Job 15:15; Job 25:5 (in these three passages before אַף or אַף כִּי), Job 9:1; Job 9:12 etc. (see above).
  b. as a hypothetical particle, propounding a possibility, if (so Late Hebrew, Biblical Aramaic, Mandean, Palmyrene (ZMG 1888, 404); on the contrary Syriac , Palestinian ᵑ7 אִין, also Palmyrene (ib. p. 415), Arabic with א), a special application or development of the use a: Exod 4:1 והן לא יאמינו לי and behold ( = and suppose) they will not believe me ? etc., Lev 25:20 and if (וְכִי) ye say, What shall we eat the 7th year ? הֵן לֹא נִזְרַע behold, we shall not sow etc. (i.e. supposing we do not sow), Isa 54:15; Job 40:23; 2Chr 7:13 (twice in verse) (2Chr 7:13 b וְאִם); stating the ground on which a question is based, Exod 8:22 (וְלֹא = הֲלֹא), Jer 3:1; Hag 2:12 (see הֵן Aramaic b).
  c. if, whether, in an indirect question, Jer 2:10 רְאוּ הֵן הָֽיְתָה כָּזֹאת (but Gr הֲנִהְיְתָה); compare אִם 2 b, and הֵן Aramaic

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לָהֵן conjunction on this account, therefore, Ruth 1:13 (twice in verse) (either from לְ and הֵן (see below הֵ֫מָּה); or the Aramaic לָהֵן Dan 2:6; Dan 2:9; Dan 4:24: see the Aramaic Lexicon)

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הֵן conjunction if, whether (Biblical Hebrew הֵן, q. v.: Zenjirli, Egyptian Aramaic (S-C^{Pap. A 7} +), Palmyrene, Nabataean הן, Mandean הין if [ᵑ7^{Onk Jon} use אם, ᵑ7^Jer אין, Syriac ]); —

הַסִּק etc., see סלק Haph`el

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יָפֶה adjective fair, beautiful; — masculine absolute יָפֶה 2Sam 14:25 + 4 t.; construct יְפֵה Gen 39:6 (twice in verse) + 6 t.; feminine יָפָה Gen 12:14 + 14 t.; construct יְפַת; Gen 2:11+ 6 t.; suffix יָפָתִי Song 2:10; Song 2:13 plural יָפוֺת Job 42:15; Amos 8:13 construct יְפוֺת Gen 41:2 יְפֹת vGen 41:4 vGen 41:18 — fair, beautiful, as attribute of woman 2Sam 13:1; 1Kgs 1:3; Amos 8:13; Prov 11:22 compare Job 42:15; Song 6:10 (כלבנה ׳י); predicate Gen 12:14; 1Kgs 1:4; Song 1:15 (twice in verse); Song 4:1 (twice in verse); Song 4:17; Song 6:4 = substantive fair one Song 1:8; Song 2:10; Song 2:13; Song 5:9; Song 6:1 often construct יְפַתֿ מַרְאֶה Gen 12:11; Gen 29:17; 2Sam 14:27 יְפַתתֹּֿאַר Gen 29:17; 1Sam 25:3; Deut 21:11; Esth 2:7: of kine יְפוֺתמַֿרְאֶה Gen 41:2, compare vGen 41:4 יְפוֺתתֹּֿאַר vGen 41:18 less often of boy, young man אִישׁ יָפֶה 2Sam 14:25 predicate Song 1:16 יְפֵה תֹאַר Gen 39:6 וִיפֵה מַרְאֶה vGen 39:6 (of Joseph); of Jerusalem יְפֵה נוֺף Ps 48:3 of a singer יְפֵה קוֺל Ezek 33:32 of trees: olive יְפֵה פְרִיתֹֿאַר Jer 11:16 cedar (figurative of Egypt) יְפֵה עָנָף Ezek 31:3, compare vEzek 31:9 יָפֶה of everything in its time Eccl 3:11 of various Acts 5:17. — In יְפֵה עֵינַיִם עִם 1Sam 16:12, עִם יְפֵה מַרְאֶה 1Sam 17:42, either יפה = substantive abstract with beauty of eyes, or עִם is textual error (Gr Krenkel^{ZAW, 1882, 309} Bu עֶלֶם youth), see Dr.

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דּוֺד noun masculine^{Song 1:2} beloved, love (plural), uncle (Late Hebrew id., Syriac ; Assyrian dâdu Dl^{HA 19}) — absolute דּוֺד Song 5:9 (twice in verse); construct דּוֺד 1Sam 10:14 + 3 t.; דֹּד Lev 10:4; Esth 2:15 suffix דּוֺדִי Isa 5:1 (but compare below) + 26 t. all Canticles; דֹּדִי Jer 32:8 + 2 t.; דֹּדְךָ Jer 32:7 דּוֺדֵךְ Song 5:9 (twice in verse) + 2 t.; דּוֺדוֺ Amos 6:10; 1Sam 10:16, דֹּדוֺ Lev 20:20 + 4 t.; דּוֺדָהּ Song 8:5 plural דּוֺדִים Song 5:1 דֹּדִים Prov 7:18; Ezek 16:8; Ezek 23:17 plural suffix דֹּדַי Song 7:13 דֹּדֶיךָ Song 1:2; Song 1:4 דֹּדַיִךְ Song 4:10 (twice in verse); דֹּדֵיהֶן Num 36:11 —

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II. אַף conjunction denoting addition, especially of something greater, also, yea (so Phoenician, Aramaic , אַף, אוֺף; compare ).

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אַף conjunction also (Biblical Hebrew אַף; Egyptian Aramaic, Palmyrene אף (S-C^Pap. Lzb²²⁴); ᵑ7 אַף, ᵑ7^J also אוֺף; Syriac ; — also, alwlays וְאַף Dan 6:23; Ezra 5:10; Ezra 5:14; Ezra 6:5.

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I. נָעִים adjective pleasant, delightful (poetry); — absolute ׳נ Prov 22:18 +; construct נְעִים 2Sam 23:1 plural נְעִמִים Ps 16:6, נְעִימִם 2Sam 1:23, נְעִימִים Prov 23:8 feminine נְעִמוֺת Ps 16:11 —

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II. נָעִים adjective perhaps singing, sweetly sounding, musical; — absolute ׳כִּנּוֺר נ Ps 81:3 sweetly-sounding lyre; construct, as substantive, ׳נְעִים זְמִרוֺת יִשׂ 2Sam 23:1 Israel's sweet singer of songs (compare Dr^{2Sam 8:10 Löhr}; ᵑ9 egregius psaltes Israel, and so Ges Ew and others, from I. נעם; joy of the songs of Israel HPS, compare Klo Kit).

BDB649 H637

II. אַף conjunction denoting addition, especially of something greater, also, yea (so Phoenician, Aramaic , אַף, אוֺף; compare ).

BDB9331 H637 H638

אַף conjunction also (Biblical Hebrew אַף; Egyptian Aramaic, Palmyrene אף (S-C^Pap. Lzb²²⁴); ᵑ7 אַף, ᵑ7^J also אוֺף; Syriac ; — also, alwlays וְאַף Dan 6:23; Ezra 5:10; Ezra 5:14; Ezra 6:5.

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עֶ֫רֶשׂ noun feminine^{Job 7:13} couch, divan; — construct ׳ע Deut 3:11 +; absolute עָ֑רֶשׂ Amos 3:12 suffix עַרְשִׂי Job 7:13 +, etc.; plural suffix עַרְשׂוֺתָם Amos 6:4 — couch, divan, Amos 3:12; Amos 6:4 (|| מִטּוֺת), + 2Sam 17:28 (read עַרְשׂת מִשְׁכָּב Klo Ne^{Marg. 18} HPS, compare ᵐ5); for lying at night Job 7:13; Ps 6:7 (|| מִטָּה), Prov 7:16, עֶרֶשׂ יְצוּעָ֑י Ps 132:3 the coach of (consisting in) my bed; couch of sickness Ps 41:4 marriage couch Song 1:16 perhaps transferred to sarcophagus, as last couch עַרְשׂוֺ עֶרֶשׂ בַּרְזֶל Deut 3:11 (see Dr).

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רַעֲנָן adjective luxuriant, fresh; — masculine ׳ר Deut 12:2 +; feminine רַעֲנָנָה Song 1:16 masculine plural רַעֲנַנִּים Ps 92:15 — luxuriant, of trees: בְּרוֺשׁ Hos 14:9, זַיִת Ps 52:10 (both simile), Jer 11:16 (figurative); simile also, ׳כְּאֶזְרָח ר Ps 37:35 (but read כְּאֶרֶז הַלְּבָנוֺן ᵐ5 ᵑ6 and most); especially in phrase תַּחַת ׳כָּלעֵֿץ ר place of idolatrous rites, Deut 12:2; 1Kgs 14:23; 2Kgs 16:4 = 2Chr 28:4; 2Kgs 17:10; Jer 2:20; Jer 3:6; Jer 3:13; Isa 57:5; Ezek 6:13 ׳עַלעֵֿץ ר Jer 17:2 (si vera lectio); leaf vJer 17:8 (figurative); leafy couch Song 1:16 fresh, oil Ps 92:11 fresh, flourishing, person (figurative, as trees) vPs 92:15 (+ דְּשֵׁנִים).

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רַעֲנַן adjective flourishing (perhaps loan-word from Biblical Hebrew רַעֲנָן luxuriant, √ רען); — figurative of person Dan 4:1 (compare Biblical Hebrew Ps 92:15).