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Song of Solomon 2:3

Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

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ASV

As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, So is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, And his fruit was sweet to my taste.

KJV

As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כְּתַפּ֙וּחַ֙ke.ta.Pu.achlike an apple treeH8598 →
בַּעֲצֵ֣יba.'a.Tzeiamong [the] trees ofH6086 →
הַיַּ֔עַרhai.Ya.'arthe forestH3293 →
כֵּ֥ןken[is] soH3651 →
דּוֹדִ֖יdo.Dilover myH1730 →
בֵּ֣יןbeinbetweenH996 →
הַבָּנִ֑יםha.ba.Nimthe sonsH1121 →
בְּצִלּוֹ֙be.tzi.Loin shade hisH6738 →
חִמַּ֣דְתִּיchi.Mad.tiI desiredH2530 →
וְיָשַׁ֔בְתִּיve.ya.Shav.tiand I satH3427 →
וּפִרְי֖וֹu.fir.Yoand fruit hisH6529 →
מָת֥וֹקma.Tok[was] sweetH4966 →
לְחִכִּֽי׃le.chi.Kito palate myH2441 →

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Psalms 37:4Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.Psalms 34:8Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!Song of Solomon 8:5Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.Hebrews 1:1–6On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.Isaiah 32:2Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.Isaiah 25:4For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall,Hebrews 12:2Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.Song of Solomon 1:16How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.Exodus 33:22and when My glory passes by, I will put you in a cleft of the rock and cover you with My hand until I have passed by.John 1:14–18The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.Joel 1:12The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.Mark 4:32But after it is planted, it grows to be the largest of all garden plants and puts forth great branches, so that the birds of the air nest in its shade.”Song of Solomon 4:16Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.Song of Solomon 2:5Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.John 3:29–31The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.Song of Solomon 5:9–10How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?Isaiah 4:6a shelter to give shade from the heat by day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and the rain.John 15:1–8“I am the true vine, and My Father is the keeper of the vineyard.

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The Meeting of Isaac and Rebekah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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