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Proverbs 7:17

In Proverbs 7 of Proverbs.

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

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נַ֥פְתִּיnaftilift upנוּףverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “lift up”, a completed actionH5130to quiver (i.e. vibrate up and down, or rock to and fro); used in a great variety of applications (including sprinkling, beckoning, rubbing, bastinadoing, sawing, waving, etc.)lift up, move, offer, perfume, send, shake, sift, strike, wave.מִשְׁכָּבִ֑יmishkavibedמִשְׁכָּבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “bed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4904a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercoursebed(-chamber), couch, lieth (lying) with.מֹ֥רmormyrrhמֹרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “myrrh”, the ordinary formH4753myrrh (as distilling in drops, and also as bitter)myrrh.אֲ֝הָלִ֗יםahalimaloesאֲהָלִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “aloes”, the ordinary formH174aloe wood (i.e. sticks)(tree of lign-) aloes.וְקִנָּמֽוֹןveqinamonand cinnamonקִנָּמוֹןconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and cinnamon”, the ordinary formH7076cinnamon bark (as in upright rolls)cinnamon.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I have perfumed my bed With myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Young’s Literal Translation

I sprinkled my bed — myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

World English Bible

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Darby Translation

I have perfumed my couch with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Douay-Rheims

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I have sprinkled my couch with saffron, and my house with cinnamon.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Διέῤῥαγκα τὴν κοίτην μου κροκίνῳ, τὸν δὲ οἶκόν μου κινναμώμῳ·

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