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Song of Solomon 4:15

In Song of Solomon 4 of Song of Solomon.

A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

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מַעְיַ֣ןmayanfountainמַעְיָןnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “fountain”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4599a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)fountain, spring, well.גַּנִּ֔יםganimgardenגַּןnoun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “garden”, the ordinary formH1588a garden (as fenced)garden.בְּאֵ֖רbeerwellבְּאֵרnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “well”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH875a pit; especially a wellpit, well.מַ֣יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).חַיִּ֑יםchayimlifeחַיadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “life”, the ordinary formH2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively[phrase] age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, [phrase] merry, multitude, [phrase] (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.וְנֹזְלִ֖יםvenozelimand distilנָזַלconjunction, verb, qal, participle, absolute — “and distil”, a verb used as a describing wordH5140to drip, or shed by tricklingdistil, drop, flood, (cause to) flow(-ing), gush out, melt, pour (down), running water, stream.מִןminfromמִןpreposition — “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.לְבָנֽוֹןlevanonLebanonלְבָנוֹןnoun, proper name — “Lebanon”H3844Lebanon, a mountain range in PalestineLebanon.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou art a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and flowing streams from Lebanon.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou art a fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And flowing streams from Lebanon.

Young’s Literal Translation

A fount of gardens, a well of living waters, And flowings from Lebanon!

World English Bible

a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, flowing streams from Lebanon. Beloved

Darby Translation

A fountain in the gardens, A well of living waters, Which stream from Lebanon.

Douay-Rheims

The fountain of gardens: the well of living waters, which run with a strong stream from Libanus.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou art a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and flowing streams from Lebanon.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

a fountain of a garden, and a well of water springing and gurgling from Libanus.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

πηγὴ κήπου, καὶ φρέαρ ὕδατος ζῶντος καὶ ῥοιζοῦντος ἀπὸ τοῦ Λιβάνου.