Verse 1

{ "verseID": "Song of Songs.5.1", "source": "בָּ֣אתִי לְגַנִּי֮ אֲחֹתִ֣י כַלָּה֒ אָרִ֤יתִי מוֹרִי֙ עִם־בְּשָׂמִ֔י אָכַ֤לְתִּי יַעְרִי֙ עִם־דִּבְשִׁ֔י שָׁתִ֥יתִי יֵינִ֖י עִם־חֲלָבִ֑י אִכְל֣וּ רֵעִ֔ים שְׁת֥וּ וְשִׁכְר֖וּ דּוֹדִֽים׃ ס", "text": "I have *bāʾtî* to *gannî* my *ʾăḥōtî kallāh*, I have *ʾārîtî* my *mōrî* with my *bəśāmî*, I have *ʾāḵaltî* my *yaʿrî* with my *diḇšî*, I have *šātîtî* my *yênî* with my *ḥălāḇî*; *ʾiḵlû rēʿîm*, *šətû wəšiḵrû dôḏîm*", "grammar": { "*bāʾtî*": "perfect, 1st person singular - I have come/entered", "*gannî*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 1st person possessive suffix - my garden", "*ʾăḥōtî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person possessive suffix - my sister", "*kallāh*": "noun, feminine singular - bride", "*ʾārîtî*": "perfect, 1st person singular - I have gathered/plucked", "*mōrî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person possessive suffix - my myrrh", "*bəśāmî*": "noun, masculine plural with 1st person possessive suffix - my spices", "*ʾāḵaltî*": "perfect, 1st person singular - I have eaten", "*yaʿrî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person possessive suffix - my honeycomb", "*diḇšî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person possessive suffix - my honey", "*šātîtî*": "perfect, 1st person singular - I have drunk", "*yênî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person possessive suffix - my wine", "*ḥălāḇî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person possessive suffix - my milk", "*ʾiḵlû*": "imperative, masculine plural - eat", "*rēʿîm*": "noun, masculine plural - friends/companions", "*šətû*": "imperative, masculine plural - drink", "*wəšiḵrû*": "conjunction + imperative, masculine plural - and be drunk/intoxicated", "*dôḏîm*": "noun, masculine plural - lovers/beloved ones" }, "variants": { "*bāʾtî*": "come/enter/arrive", "*gannî*": "garden/enclosed place", "*ʾărîtî*": "gather/pluck/harvest", "*mōrî*": "myrrh/fragrant resin", "*yaʿrî*": "honeycomb/forest", "*dôḏîm*": "lovers/beloved ones/love" } }

Verse 2

{ "verseID": "Song of Songs.5.2", "source": "אֲנִ֥י יְשֵׁנָ֖ה וְלִבִּ֣י עֵ֑ר ק֣וֹל ׀ דּוֹדִ֣י דוֹפֵ֗ק פִּתְחִי־לִ֞י אֲחֹתִ֤י רַעְיָתִי֙ יוֹנָתִ֣י תַמָּתִ֔י שֶׁרֹּאשִׁי֙ נִמְלָא־טָ֔ל קְוֻּצּוֹתַ֖י רְסִ֥יסֵי לָֽיְלָה׃", "text": "*ʾănî yəšēnāh wəlibbî ʿēr*; *qôl dôḏî dôp̄ēq*: *piṯḥî-lî ʾăḥōṯî raʿyāṯî yônāṯî ṯammāṯî*, for my *rōʾšî* is *nimlāʾ-ṭāl*, my *qəwuṣṣôṯay* are *rəsîsê lāylāh*", "grammar": { "*ʾănî*": "pronoun, 1st person singular - I", "*yəšēnāh*": "adjective, feminine singular - sleeping/asleep", "*wəlibbî*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular with 1st person possessive suffix - and my heart", "*ʿēr*": "adjective, masculine singular - awake", "*qôl*": "noun, masculine singular construct - voice/sound of", "*dôḏî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person possessive suffix - my beloved", "*dôp̄ēq*": "participle, masculine singular - knocking", "*piṯḥî-lî*": "imperative, feminine singular with preposition and 1st person suffix - open for me", "*ʾăḥōṯî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person possessive suffix - my sister", "*raʿyāṯî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person possessive suffix - my companion/friend/darling", "*yônāṯî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person possessive suffix - my dove", "*ṯammāṯî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person possessive suffix - my perfect one", "*šerrōʾšî*": "relative pronoun + noun, masculine singular with 1st person possessive suffix - for my head", "*nimlāʾ-ṭāl*": "perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + noun - is filled with dew", "*qəwuṣṣôṯay*": "noun, feminine plural with 1st person possessive suffix - my locks (of hair)", "*rəsîsê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - drops of", "*lāylāh*": "noun, masculine singular - night" }, "variants": { "*ʿēr*": "awake/watchful/alert", "*dôp̄ēq*": "knocking/pounding/beating", "*raʿyāṯî*": "my companion/my friend/my darling", "*ṯammāṯî*": "my perfect one/my undefiled one/my flawless one", "*rəsîsê*": "drops/dewdrops/mist" } }

Verse 6

{ "verseID": "Song of Songs.5.6", "source": "פָּתַ֤חְתִּֽי אֲנִי֙ לְדוֹדִ֔י וְדוֹדִ֖י חָמַ֣ק עָבָ֑ר נַפְשִׁי֙ יָֽצְאָ֣ה בְדַבְּר֔וֹ בִּקַּשְׁתִּ֙יהוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א מְצָאתִ֔יהוּ קְרָאתִ֖יו וְלֹ֥א עָנָֽנִי׃", "text": "I *pāṯaḥtî ʾănî* for my *dôḏî*, but my *dôḏî* had *ḥāmaq ʿāḇār*; my *nap̄šî yāṣəʾāh* at his *ḏabbərô*. I *biqqaštîhû* but *lōʾ məṣāʾṯîhû*; I *qərāʾṯîw* but *lōʾ ʿānānî*", "grammar": { "*pāṯaḥtî*": "perfect, 1st person singular - I opened", "*ʾănî*": "personal pronoun, 1st person singular - I", "*dôḏî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person possessive suffix - my beloved", "*ḥāmaq*": "perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - had withdrawn/turned away", "*ʿāḇār*": "perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - had passed on/gone away", "*nap̄šî*": "noun, feminine singular with 1st person possessive suffix - my soul", "*yāṣəʾāh*": "perfect, 3rd person feminine singular - went out/departed", "*ḏabbərô*": "infinitive construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his speaking", "*biqqaštîhû*": "perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - I sought him", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*məṣāʾṯîhû*": "perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - I found him", "*qərāʾṯîw*": "perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - I called him", "*ʿānānî*": "perfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he answered me" }, "variants": { "*ḥāmaq ʿāḇār*": "turned away and gone/withdrawn and departed/slipped away and gone", "*nap̄šî yāṣəʾāh*": "my soul departed/I fainted/my spirit left me", "*ḏabbərô*": "his speaking/when he spoke/his word" } }

Verse 7

{ "verseID": "Song of Songs.5.7", "source": "מְצָאֻ֧נִי הַשֹּׁמְרִ֛ים הַסֹּבְבִ֥ים בָּעִ֖יר הִכּ֣וּנִי פְצָע֑וּנִי נָשְׂא֤וּ אֶת־רְדִידִי֙ מֵֽעָלַ֔י שֹׁמְרֵ֖י הַחֹמֽוֹת׃", "text": "The *šōmərîm* who *hassōḇəḇîm bāʿîr* *məṣāʾûnî*, they *hikkûnî*, they *p̄əṣāʿûnî*; the *šōmərê haḥōmôṯ* *nāśəʾû* *ʾeṯ-rəḏîḏî* from upon me", "grammar": { "*šōmərîm*": "participle, masculine plural - guards/watchmen/keepers", "*hassōḇəḇîm*": "definite article + participle, masculine plural - the ones going around", "*bāʿîr*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine singular - in the city", "*məṣāʾûnî*": "perfect, 3rd person common plural with 1st person singular suffix - they found me", "*hikkûnî*": "perfect, 3rd person common plural with 1st person singular suffix - they struck me", "*p̄əṣāʿûnî*": "perfect, 3rd person common plural with 1st person singular suffix - they wounded me", "*šōmərê*": "participle, masculine plural construct - keepers of", "*haḥōmôṯ*": "definite article + noun, feminine plural - the walls", "*nāśəʾû*": "perfect, 3rd person common plural - they took/lifted", "*ʾeṯ-rəḏîḏî*": "direct object marker + noun, masculine singular with 1st person possessive suffix - my veil/shawl", "*mēʿālay*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - from upon me" }, "variants": { "*šōmərîm*": "guards/watchmen/keepers", "*hassōḇəḇîm*": "going around/patrolling/making rounds", "*hikkûnî*": "struck me/beat me/hit me", "*p̄əṣāʿûnî*": "wounded me/bruised me/hurt me", "*rəḏîḏî*": "veil/shawl/mantle" } }

Verse 14

{ "verseID": "Song of Songs.5.14", "source": "יָדָיו֙ גְּלִילֵ֣י זָהָ֔ב מְמֻלָּאִ֖ים בַּתַּרְשִׁ֑ישׁ מֵעָיו֙ עֶ֣שֶׁת שֵׁ֔ן מְעֻלֶּ֖פֶת סַפִּירִֽים׃", "text": "His *yāḏāyw* are *gəlîlê zāhāḇ*, *məmullāʾîm battaršîš*; his *mēʿāyw* are *ʿešeṯ šēn*, *məʿullepeṯ sappîrîm*", "grammar": { "*yāḏāyw*": "noun, feminine dual with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his hands/arms", "*gəlîlê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - rods/cylinders of", "*zāhāḇ*": "noun, masculine singular - gold", "*məmullāʾîm*": "pual participle, masculine plural - set/filled", "*battaršîš*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - with beryl/chrysolite", "*mēʿāyw*": "noun, masculine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his body/belly", "*ʿešeṯ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - polished work of", "*šēn*": "noun, feminine singular - ivory", "*məʿullepeṯ*": "pual participle, feminine singular - overlaid/covered", "*sappîrîm*": "noun, masculine plural - sapphires" }, "variants": { "*gəlîlê zāhāḇ*": "rods of gold/cylinders of gold/golden cylinders", "*məmullāʾîm battaršîš*": "set with beryl/filled with chrysolite/adorned with gemstones", "*mēʿāyw*": "his body/his belly/his torso", "*ʿešeṯ šēn*": "polished ivory/bright ivory work", "*məʿullepeṯ sappîrîm*": "overlaid with sapphires/covered with sapphires/adorned with sapphires" } }

Verse 15

{ "verseID": "Song of Songs.5.15", "source": "שׁוֹקָיו֙ עַמּ֣וּדֵי שֵׁ֔שׁ מְיֻסָּדִ֖ים עַל־אַדְנֵי־פָ֑ז מַרְאֵ֙הוּ֙ כַּלְּבָנ֔וֹן בָּח֖וּר כָּאֲרָזִֽים׃", "text": "His *šôqāyw* are *ʿammûḏê šēš*, *məyussāḏîm ʿal-ʾaḏnê-p̄āz*; his *marʾēhû* is like *kallḇānôn*, *bāḥûr kāʾărāzîm*", "grammar": { "*šôqāyw*": "noun, feminine dual with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his legs", "*ʿammûḏê*": "noun, masculine plural construct - pillars/columns of", "*šēš*": "noun, masculine singular - alabaster/marble/white stone", "*məyussāḏîm*": "pual participle, masculine plural - set/founded", "*ʿal-ʾaḏnê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - upon pedestals/bases of", "*p̄āz*": "noun, masculine singular - fine gold", "*marʾēhû*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his appearance", "*kallḇānôn*": "preposition + definite article + proper noun - like Lebanon", "*bāḥûr*": "qal passive participle, masculine singular - choice/select/excellent", "*kāʾărāzîm*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine plural - like cedars" }, "variants": { "*ʿammûḏê šēš*": "pillars of marble/columns of alabaster", "*məyussāḏîm ʿal-ʾaḏnê-p̄āz*": "set on bases of fine gold/founded upon pedestals of gold", "*bāḥûr kāʾărāzîm*": "choice as the cedars/excellent like cedars/distinguished as cedars" } }