Song of Solomon 5:16
His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
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Barnes' Notes
He is altogether lovely - literally, the whole of him desires or delights; the plural substantive expressing the notion of the superlative. Theodoret, applying to our Lord the whole description,…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
His mouth Lit. his palate, but here as elsewhere the mouth as the organ of speech.
is most sweet Rather, is sweetnesses. The meaning is that his mouth utters nothing but pleasant things; cp. Pro…
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