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Song of Solomon 6:5

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Turn your eyes away from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.

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The Hebrew and Greek words behind this passage, with Strong's numbers — from openscriptures (CC BY-SA).

Strong's Concordancev. 5

סָבַב (çâbab, H5437) — to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively עַיִן (ʻayin, H5869) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) הֵם (hêm, H1992) — they (only used when emphatic) רָהַב (râhab, H7292) — to urge severely, i.e. (figuratively) importune, embolden, capture, act insolently שֵׂעָר (sêʻâr, H8181) — hair (as if tossed or bristling) עֵדֶר (ʻêder, H5739) — an arrangement, i.e. muster (of animals) עֵז (ʻêz, H5795) — a she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used elliptically for… גָּלַשׁ (gâlash, H1570) — probably to caper (as a goat) גִּלְעָד (Gilʻâd, H1568) — Gilad, a region East of the Jordan; also the name of three Israelites

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