Song of Solomon 7:9b

Footnotes

1. 27 The term חֵךְ (khek, “palate, mouth”) is often used as a metonymy for what the mouth produces, e.g., the mouth is the organ of taste (Ps 119:103; Job 12:11; 20:13; 34:3; Prov 24:13; Song 2:3), speech (Job 6:30; 31:30; 33:2; Prov 5:3; 8:7), sound (Hos 8:1), and kisses (Song 5:16; 7:10) ( חֵךְ; 335 חֵךְ). The metonymical association of her palate/mouth and her kisses is made explicit by which translated the term as “kisses.”
2. 28 The reads שִׁפְתֵי יְשֵׁנִים (shifte yéshenim, “lips of those who sleep”). However, an alternate Hebrew reading of שְׂפָתַי וְשִׁנָּי (séfata vésinna, “my lips and my teeth”) is suggested by the Greek tradition (, Aquila, Symmachus): χείλεσίν μου καὶ ὀδοῦσιν (cheilesin mou kai odousin, “my lips and teeth”). This alternate reading, with minor variations, is followed by , , , , . Or “his lips as he falls asleep.” Heb “the lips of sleepers.” Alternately, “over lips and teeth” (so , , ).