מֶרְקָח

«מֶרְקָח» in the Tanakh dictionary: spice — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 4840 · BDB: מֶרְקָח²

Glosses

of.aromatic.herbs (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

spice tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

spice, perfume tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] spice, perfume (of cheeks); pl. מֶרְקָחִים Ct 5:13 (v. also מִגְדָּל 3).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מֶרְקָח» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Song of Songs 5:13

לְחָיָו֙ כַּעֲרוּגַ֣ת הַבֹּ֔שֶׂם מִגְדְּל֖וֹת מֶרְקָחִ֑ים שִׂפְתוֹתָיו֙ שֽׁוֹשַׁנִּ֔ים נֹטְפ֖וֹת מ֥וֹר עֹבֵֽר׃

Word for word: cheeks his [are].like.(the) bed of.(the) spice towers of.aromatic.herbs lips his [are].lilies dripping myrrh flowing

JPS 1917: His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as banks of sweet herbs; his lips are as lilies, dropping with flowing myrrh.

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