Song of Solomon 6:6

Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The speaker addresses the beloved within a continuous physical description, following the hair comparison and preceding the brow comparison.

The words — שִׁנַּ֙יִ/ךְ֙ (shi.Na.yi/kh) = teeth/your and מַתְאִימ֔וֹת (mat.'i.Mot) = bearing twins.

The thread — Song 4:2 repeats the sheep/teeth comparison, and Matthew 25:30 uses teeth to depict judgment.

Why it lands — The text first describes orderly, flawless physical beauty before any application, requiring the reader to observe the literal imagery without adding spiritual allegory.

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The Hebrew words

שִׁנַּ֙יִךְ֙shi.Na.yi/khteeth/ your כְּעֵ֣דֶרke./'E.der[are] like/ [the] flock of הָֽרְחֵלִ֔יםha./re.che.Lim<the>/ ewes שֶׁעָל֖וּshe./'a.Luthat/ <they> have come up מִן־min-from הָרַחְצָ֑הha./rach.Tzahthe/ washing שֶׁכֻּלָּם֙she./ku.La/mthat/ all of/ them מַתְאִימ֔וֹתmat.'i.Mot[are] bearing twins וְשַׁכֻּלָ֖הve./sha.ku.Lahand/ [is one] deprived of offspring אֵ֥ין'einnotבָּהֶֽם׃ba./Hemamong/ them

King James Version

Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.

Cross-references

Song of Solomon 4:2 Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
Matthew 21:19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.
Matthew 25:30 And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’