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H4402 מִלֵּאת (millêʼth) mil-layth'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 4390; fulness, i.e. (concretely) a plump socket (of the eye)

KJV Usage: X fitly

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מִלֵּאת (mil.let) — setting. 1) fulness, setting, border, rim 1a) meaning uncertain

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · מלא

Jewellery

setting exact meaning unsure; possibly: = a piece of metal in which a precious stone or gem is fixed to form a piece of jewellery

SNG 5:12

noun f · מלא

Waterbodies

brimming pool, full pool exact meaning unsure; possibly: = a body of water, filled to the brim

SNG 5:12

1 SNG 5:12 RSV NRSV "fitly set" NIV "mounted like jewels" = [1a] | ESV "a full pool" NJPS "a brimming pool" NJB "a fountain-rim" GNT "stream" = [2a]

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

מִלֵּאת n.f. dub.: only Ct 5:12 of lover’s eyes; setting, perh. better border, rim ref

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