Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
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Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm; for love is strong as death. Jealousy is as cruel as Sheol. Its flashes are flashes of fire, a very flame of Yahweh.
KJV
Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Word study
Set
sûwm H7760
me as a seal
chôwthâm H2368
upon
ʻal H5921
thine heart,
lêb H3820
as a seal
chôwthâm H2368
upon
ʻal H5921
thine arm:
zᵉrôwaʻ H2220
for
kîy H3588
love
ʼahăbâh H160
is strong
ʻaz H5794
as death;
mâveth H4194
jealousy
qinʼâh H7068
is cruel
qâsheh H7186
as the grave:
shᵉʼôwl H7585
the coals
resheph H7565
thereof are coals
resheph H7565
of fire,
ʼêsh H784
which hath a most vehement flame.
shalhebeth H7957
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