Song of Solomon 8:6

Bible › Song of Solomon › Chapter 8 › Verse 6

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.

In other translations

Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.

Hebrew words

שִׂימֵנִיsimeniput meH7760כַחוֹתָםkhachotamlike <the> sealH2368עַל־'al-onH5921לִבֶּךָlibekhaheart yourH3820כַּחוֹתָםkachotamlike <the> sealH2368עַל־'al-onH5921זְרוֹעֶךָzero'ekhaarm yourH2220כִּי־ki-forH3588עַזָּה'azah[is] strongH5794כַמָּוֶתkhamavetlike <the> deathH4194אַהֲבָה'ahavahloveH160קָשָׁהkashah[is] severeH7186כִשְׁאוֹלkhish'ollike SheolH7585קִנְאָהkin'ahjealousyH7068רְשָׁפֶיהָreshafeihaflashes itsH7565רִשְׁפֵּיrishpei[are] flashes ofH7565אֵשׁ'eshfireH784שַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה׃shalhevetyaha flame of [the] LordH7957

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