Lexicon
סַ֫הַר
sa.har
H5469
H:N-M Hebrew

roundness

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sa.har denotes roundness in the bodily imagery of Song of Songs 7:3.

The attested use places roundness within bodily imagery in Song of Songs 7:3; the translation’s exact English correspondence to the noun is unclear.

Senses in use

  1. Round form in bodily imagery · dominant

    In Song of Songs 7:3, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in a verse of bodily comparison; the APB renders the verse, "Your two breasts are like two fawns, the twins of a gazelle." The verse is read as a whole, so its precise English rendering of the noun cannot be isolated.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Song of Songs 7:3, the APB presents bodily comparison but does not make the noun’s specific English equivalent identifiable in its loose rendering.

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