Holy Scripture

Song of Solomon 1:13

A church father on this verse
“The location of the heart is said by experts to lie between the two breasts. Here is where the bride says that she has the sachet in which her treasure is kept. Also, the heart is said to be a source of warmth from which the body's heat is distributed through the arteries. The body's members are thereby heated, animat…”
Gregory of Nyssa, 4th c. — HOMILIES ON THE SONG OF SONGS 3

Source: Septuagint

Original

13My kinsman is to me a bundle of myrrh; He shall lie between my breasts.

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11We will make thee figures of gold With studs of silver.

12So long as the king was at table, My spikenard gave forth its smell.

— Song of Solomon 1:13 —

14My kinsman is to me a cluster of camphor In the vineyards of Engedi.

15Behold, thou art fair, my companion; Behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are doves.

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