{
"verseID": "Song of Songs.3.4",
"source": "כִּמְעַט֙ שֶׁעָבַ֣רְתִּי מֵהֶ֔ם עַ֣ד שֶֽׁמָּצָ֔אתִי אֵ֥ת שֶׁאָהֲבָ֖ה נַפְשִׁ֑י אֲחַזְתִּיו֙ וְלֹ֣א אַרְפֶּ֔נּוּ עַד־שֶׁ֤הֲבֵיאתִיו֙ אֶל־בֵּ֣ית אִמִּ֔י וְאֶל־חֶ֖דֶר הוֹרָתִֽי׃",
"text": "*kimʿaṭ* that-*ʿāḇartî* from-them, until that-*māṣāʾṯî* *ʾēṯ* whom *ʾāhăḇâ* *naphshî*; *ʾăḥaztîw* *wə-lōʾ* *ʾarpennû* until-that-*hăḇēʾṯîw* to-*bêṯ* *ʾimmî* and-to-*ḥeḏer* *hôrāṯî*.",
"grammar": {
"*kimʿaṭ*": "adverb - scarcely/hardly/as little",
"*ʿāḇartî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I passed",
"*māṣāʾṯî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular - I found",
"*ʾēṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*ʾāhăḇâ*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she loved",
"*naphshî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular possessive suffix - my soul",
"*ʾăḥaztîw*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - I seized him",
"*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negation - and not",
"*ʾarpennû*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - I will let him go",
"*hăḇēʾṯîw*": "verb, Hiphil perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - I brought him",
"*bêṯ*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - house of",
"*ʾimmî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular possessive suffix - my mother",
"*ḥeḏer*": "noun, masculine, singular construct - chamber of",
"*hôrāṯî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular possessive suffix - my conception/she who conceived me"
},
"variants": {
"*kimʿaṭ*": "scarcely/hardly/just a little",
"*ʿāḇartî*": "I passed by/moved on from/went beyond",
"*ʾăḥaztîw*": "I seized him/grasped him/took hold of him",
"*ʾarpennû*": "I will let him go/release him/loosen my grip on him",
"*ḥeḏer*": "chamber/room/inner room",
"*hôrāṯî*": "she who conceived me/my conception/my mother"
}
}