Song of Songs 3:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, it is the litter Threescore mighty men are about it, Of the mighty men of Israel.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הִנֵּ֗ה מִטָּתוֹ֙ שֶׁלִּשְׁלֹמֹ֔ה שִׁשִּׁ֥ים גִּבֹּרִ֖ים סָבִ֣יב לָ֑הּ מִגִּבֹּרֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Transliteration

hinnēh miṭṭāṯô she-li-Shəlōmōh, sixty gibbōrîm sāḇîḇ to-her, from-gibbōrê Yisrāʾēl.

Grammar Details

*hinnēh*: demonstrative particle - behold
*miṭṭāṯô*: noun, feminine, singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his bed/litter
*she-li-Shəlōmōh*: relative pronoun + preposition + proper noun - that belongs to Solomon
*gibbōrîm*: adjective used as noun, masculine plural - mighty men
*sāḇîḇ*: adverb - around
*gibbōrê*: adjective used as noun, masculine plural construct - mighty men of
*Yisrāʾēl*: proper noun - Israel

Word Meanings

*hinnēh*: behold/look/see
*miṭṭāṯô*: his bed/couch/litter/palanquin
*gibbōrîm*: mighty men/warriors/valiant men
*sāḇîḇ*: around/surrounding/on all sides

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 8:16 : 16 And he will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your goodliest young men, and your asses, and put them to his work.
1 Sam 14:52 : 52 And there was sore war against the Philistines all the days of Saul: and when Saul saw any mighty man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
1 Sam 28:2 : 2 And David said to Achish, Therefore thou shalt know what thy servant will do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of my head for ever.
1 Kgs 9:22 : 22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondservants; but they were the men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots and of his horsemen.
1 Kgs 14:27 : 27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead shields of brass, and committed them to the hands of the captains of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.
2 Kgs 6:17 : 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, Jehovah, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And Jehovah opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Song 1:16 : 16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: Also our couch is green.
Song 3:9 : 9 King Solomon made himself a palanquin Of the wood of Lebanon.
Heb 1:14 : 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?

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