# מֶרְקָח (merqach)

Israeli respelling: mer-qach. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4840. 1 Old Testament occurrences.

a spicy herb

King James renderings: [idiom] sweet.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/merqach-h4840

## Occurrences

- [Song of Solomon 5:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/song-of-solomon/5/13) — His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.