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Psalms 45:8

All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory palaces, whereby they have made thee glad.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 45:9.

מֹרmormyrrhמֹרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “myrrh”, the ordinary formH4753myrrh (as distilling in drops, and also as bitter)myrrh.וַאֲהָל֣וֹתvaahalotand aloesאֲהָלִיםconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and aloes”, the ordinary formH174aloe wood (i.e. sticks)(tree of lign-) aloes.קְ֭צִיעוֹתqetsiotcassiaקְצִיעָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “cassia”, the ordinary formH7102cassia (as peeled; plural the bark)cassia.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).בִּגְדֹתֶ֑יךָbigdoteykhaapparelבֶּגֶדnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “apparel”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH899a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillageapparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, [idiom] very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.מִֽןminfromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.הֵ֥יכְלֵיheykhlepalaceהֵיכָלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct — “palace”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1964a large public building, such as a palace or templepalace, temple.שֵׁ֝֗ןshenivoryשֵׁןnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “ivory”, the ordinary formH8127a tooth (as sharp); specifically ivory; figuratively, a cliffcrag, [idiom] forefront, ivory, [idiom] sharp, tooth.מִנִּ֥יministringed instrumentמֵןpreposition — “stringed instrument”H4482a musical chord (as parted into strings)in (the same) (Psalm 68:23), stringed instrument (Psalm 150:4), whereby (Psalm 45:8 (defective plural)).שִׂמְּחֽוּךָsimchukhabe gladשָׂמַחverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “be glad”, a completed actionH8055probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesomecheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, [idiom] very.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(45-9) Myrrh, and aloes, and cassia are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.

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American Standard Version (1901)

All thy garments smell of myrrh, and aloes, and cassia; Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.

Young’s Literal Translation

Myrrh and aloes, cassia! all thy garments, Out of palaces of ivory Stringed instruments have made thee glad.

World English Bible

All your garments smell like myrrh, aloes, and cassia. Out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made you glad.

Darby Translation

Myrrh and aloes, cassia, are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.

Douay-Rheims

The Lord of armies is with us: the God of Jacob is our protector.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(45-9) Myrrh, and aloes, and cassia are all thy garments; out of ivory palaces stringed instruments have made thee glad.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Myrrh, and stacte, and cassia are exhaled from thy garments, and out of the ivory palaces,

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Σμύρνα καὶ στακτὴ καὶ κασία ἀπὸ τῶν ἱματίων σου, ἀπὸ βάρεων ἐλεφαντίνων, ἐξ ὧν ηὔφρανάν σε