Song of Solomon 4:3
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.

Young's Literal Translation
As a thread of scarlet [are] thy lips, And thy speech [is] comely, As the work of the pomegranate [is] thy temple behind thy veil,

King James Bible
Thy lips [are] like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech [is] comely: thy temples [are] like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

Hebrew
Your lips
שִׂפְתֹתַ֔יִךְ (śip̄·ṯō·ṯa·yiḵ)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin

are like a scarlet
הַשָּׁנִי֙ (haš·šā·nî)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8144: Crimson, the insect, its color, stuff dyed with it

ribbon,
כְּח֤וּט (kə·ḥūṭ)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2339: A string, a measuring tape

and your mouth
וּמִדְבָּרֵ֖יךְ (ū·miḏ·bā·rêḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

is lovely.
נָאוֶ֑ה (nā·weh)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 5000: Suitable, beautiful

Your brow
רַקָּתֵ֔ךְ (raq·qā·ṯêḵ)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 7541: Thinness, the side of the head

is like a slice
כְּפֶ֤לַח (kə·p̄e·laḥ)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6400: Cleavage, a millstone

of pomegranate
הָֽרִמּוֹן֙ (hā·rim·mō·wn)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7416: A pomegranate, the tree, the fruit

behind
מִבַּ֖עַד (mib·ba·‘aḏ)
Preposition-m
Strong's 1157: In up to, over against, at, beside, among, behind, for

your veil.
לְצַמָּתֵֽךְ׃ (lə·ṣam·mā·ṯêḵ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's 6777: (woman's) veil

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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