Song of Solomon 4:10
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.

Young's Literal Translation
How wonderful have been thy loves, my sister-spouse, How much better have been thy loves than wine, And the fragrance of thy perfumes than all spices.

King James Bible
How fair is thy love, my sister, [my] spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

Hebrew
How
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

delightful
יָּפ֥וּ (yā·p̄ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3302: To be bright, beautiful

[is] your love,
דֹדַ֖יִךְ (ḏō·ḏa·yiḵ)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 1730: To love, a love-token, lover, friend, an uncle

my sister,
אֲחֹתִ֣י (’ă·ḥō·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 269: Sister -- a sister

my bride.
כַלָּ֑ה (ḵal·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3618: Daughter-in-law, bride

Your love
דֹדַ֙יִךְ֙ (ḏō·ḏa·yiḵ)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 1730: To love, a love-token, lover, friend, an uncle

is much
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

better
טֹּ֤בוּ (ṭō·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 2895: To be pleasing or good

than wine,
מִיַּ֔יִן (mî·ya·yin)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3196: Wine, intoxication

and the fragrance
וְרֵ֥יחַ (wə·rê·aḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7381: To smell, perceive odor

of your perfume
שְׁמָנַ֖יִךְ (šə·mā·na·yiḵ)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 8081: Grease, liquid, richness

than all
מִכָּל־ (mik·kāl)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

spices.
בְּשָׂמִֽים׃ (bə·śā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1314: Fragrance, spicery, the balsam plant

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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