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Song of Solomon 2:5

Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.

KJV

Fulcite me floribus, stipate me malis, quia amore langueo.

Vulgate

στηρίσατέ με ἐν μύροις, στοιβάσατέ με ἐν μήλοις, ὅτι τετρωμένη ἀγάπης ἐγώ.

LXX

Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love.

ASV

סַמְּכ֨וּ/נִי֙ בָּֽ/אֲשִׁישׁ֔וֹת רַפְּד֖וּ/נִי בַּ/תַּפּוּחִ֑ים כִּי חוֹלַ֥ת אַהֲבָ֖ה אָֽנִי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֲשִׁישָֽׁה
'shyshh
noun · 4×
אַהֲבָ֖ה
'hbh
verb · 40×
חָלָ֖ה
chlh
verb · 75×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
סָמַ֤ךְ
smk
verb · 48×
רִפַּ֥דְתִּי
rpdty
verb · 3×
תַפּ֗וּחַ
tpvch
noun · 6×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Chapter 21.—Utterances of the Prophet Isaiah Regarding the Resurrection of the Dead and the Retributive Judgment. The prophet Isaiah says, “The dead shall rise again, and all who were in the graves shall rise again; and all who are in the earth shall rejoice: for the dew which is from Thee is their health, and the earth of the wicked shall fall.”14131413 Isa. xxvi. 19. All the …

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 6:19 — And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the peop
  • Hos 3:1 — Then said the LORD unto me, Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of the LORD toward the children of Israel, who look to other gods, and love flagons of
  • Song 2:3 — As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
  • Song 5:8 — I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
  • Song 5:8 — I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.