Song 5:9-9 : 9 {
"verseID": "Song of Songs.5.9",
"source": "מַה־דּוֹדֵ֣ךְ מִדּ֔וֹד הַיָּפָ֖ה בַּנָּשִׁ֑ים מַה־דּוֹדֵ֣ךְ מִדּ֔וֹד שֶׁכָּ֖כָה הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּ׃",
"text": "What is your *dôḏēḵ* from a *dôḏ*, O *hayyāp̄āh bannāšîm*? What is your *dôḏēḵ* from a *dôḏ*, that thus you have *hišbaʿtānû*?",
"grammar": {
"*mah-dôḏēḵ*": "interrogative + noun, masculine singular with 2nd person feminine singular suffix - what is your beloved",
"*middôḏ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - from a beloved",
"*hayyāp̄āh*": "definite article + adjective, feminine singular - the beautiful one",
"*bannāšîm*": "preposition + definite article + noun, feminine plural - among women",
"*šekkāḵāh*": "relative particle + adverb - that thus",
"*hišbaʿtānû*": "hiphil perfect, 2nd person feminine singular with 1st person plural suffix - you have adjured us"
},
"variants": {
"*dôḏēḵ middôḏ*": "your beloved from any other beloved/what makes your beloved special",
"*hayyāp̄āh bannāšîm*": "most beautiful among women/fairest among women"
}
}
10 {
"verseID": "Song of Songs.5.10",
"source": "דּוֹדִ֥י צַח֙ וְאָד֔וֹם דָּג֖וּל מֵרְבָבָֽה׃",
"text": "My *dôḏî* is *ṣaḥ wəʾāḏôm*, *dāḡûl mērəḇāḇāh*",
"grammar": {
"*dôḏî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person possessive suffix - my beloved",
"*ṣaḥ*": "adjective, masculine singular - dazzling/white/clear",
"*wəʾāḏôm*": "conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - and ruddy/red",
"*dāḡûl*": "passive participle, masculine singular - distinguished/noted/marked",
"*mērəḇāḇāh*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - among ten thousand"
},
"variants": {
"*ṣaḥ*": "white/dazzling/bright/radiant",
"*wəʾāḏôm*": "and ruddy/and red/and rosy",
"*dāḡûl mērəḇāḇāh*": "distinguished among ten thousand/outstanding among ten thousand/preeminent among myriads"
}
}
11 {
"verseID": "Song of Songs.5.11",
"source": "רֹאשׁ֖וֹ כֶּ֣תֶם פָּ֑ז קְוּצּוֹתָיו֙ תַּלְתַּלִּ֔ים שְׁחֹר֖וֹת כָּעוֹרֵֽב׃",
"text": "His *rōʾšô* is *keṯem pāz*; his *qəwuṣṣôṯāyw* are *taltallîm*, *šəḥōrôṯ kāʿôrēḇ*",
"grammar": {
"*rōʾšô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his head",
"*keṯem*": "noun, masculine singular construct - finest gold of",
"*pāz*": "noun, masculine singular - pure gold/refined gold",
"*qəwuṣṣôṯāyw*": "noun, feminine plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his locks",
"*taltallîm*": "noun, masculine plural - flowing curls/wavy",
"*šəḥōrôṯ*": "adjective, feminine plural - black",
"*kāʿôrēḇ*": "preposition + definite article + noun, masculine singular - like a raven"
},
"variants": {
"*keṯem pāz*": "finest gold/pure gold/refined gold",
"*taltallîm*": "wavy/curly/flowing",
"*šəḥōrôṯ kāʿôrēḇ*": "black as a raven/raven-black"
}
}
12 {
"verseID": "Song of Songs.5.12",
"source": "עֵינָ֕יו כְּיוֹנִ֖ים עַל־אֲפִ֣יקֵי מָ֑יִם רֹֽחֲצוֹת֙ בֶּֽחָלָ֔ב יֹשְׁב֖וֹת עַל־מִלֵּֽאת׃",
"text": "His *ʿênāyw* are like *yônîm* by *ʾăp̄îqê māyim*, *rōḥăṣôṯ beḥālāḇ*, *yōšḇôṯ ʿal-millēʾṯ*",
"grammar": {
"*ʿênāyw*": "noun, feminine dual with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his eyes",
"*kəyônîm*": "preposition + noun, feminine plural - like doves",
"*ʿal-ʾăp̄îqê*": "preposition + noun, masculine plural construct - by streams of",
"*māyim*": "noun, masculine plural - water",
"*rōḥăṣôṯ*": "participle, feminine plural - washing",
"*beḥālāḇ*": "preposition + noun, masculine singular - in milk",
"*yōšḇôṯ*": "participle, feminine plural - sitting/dwelling",
"*ʿal-millēʾṯ*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular - upon fullness/setting"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾăp̄îqê māyim*": "streams of water/water channels/brooks of water",
"*rōḥăṣôṯ beḥālāḇ*": "washed with milk/bathed in milk",
"*yōšḇôṯ ʿal-millēʾṯ*": "fitly set/sitting in fullness/perfectly set"
}
}
13 {
"verseID": "Song of Songs.5.13",
"source": "לְחָיָו֙ כַּעֲרוּגַ֣ת הַבֹּ֔שֶׂם מִגְדְּל֖וֹת מֶרְקָחִ֑ים שִׂפְתוֹתָיו֙ שֽׁוֹשַׁנִּ֔ים נֹטְפ֖וֹת מ֥וֹר עֹבֵֽר׃",
"text": "His *ləḥāyāw* are like *kaʿărûḡaṯ habbōśem*, *miḡdəlôṯ merqāḥîm*; his *śip̄ṯôṯāyw* are *šôšannîm*, *nōṭp̄ôṯ mōr ʿōḇēr*",
"grammar": {
"*ləḥāyāw*": "noun, feminine dual with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his cheeks",
"*kaʿărûḡaṯ*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct - like a bed of",
"*habbōśem*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the spice/balsam",
"*miḡdəlôṯ*": "participle feminine plural construct - towers of/growing",
"*merqāḥîm*": "noun, masculine plural - perfumes/spices",
"*śip̄ṯôṯāyw*": "noun, feminine dual with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his lips",
"*šôšannîm*": "noun, masculine plural - lilies",
"*nōṭp̄ôṯ*": "participle, feminine plural - dripping",
"*mōr*": "noun, masculine singular - myrrh",
"*ʿōḇēr*": "participle, masculine singular - passing/liquid"
},
"variants": {
"*kaʿărûḡaṯ habbōśem*": "like a bed of spices/like a bed of balsam",
"*miḡdəlôṯ merqāḥîm*": "growing perfumes/towers of fragrances/raised beds of spices",
"*nōṭp̄ôṯ mōr ʿōḇēr*": "dripping with flowing myrrh/dripping liquid myrrh"
}
}
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"
}
}
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"
}
}
16 {
"verseID": "Song of Songs.5.16",
"source": "חִכּוֹ֙ מַֽמְתַקִּ֔ים וְכֻלּ֖וֹ מַחֲמַדִּ֑ים זֶ֤ה דוֹדִי֙ וְזֶ֣ה רֵעִ֔י בְּנ֖וֹת יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃",
"text": "His *ḥikkô* is *mamṯaqqîm*, and all of him is *maḥămaddîm*. This is my *dôḏî*, and this is my *rēʿî*, O *bənôṯ yərûšālāim*",
"grammar": {
"*ḥikkô*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his mouth/palate",
"*mamṯaqqîm*": "noun, masculine plural - sweetnesses",
"*wəḵullô*": "conjunction + noun, masculine singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - and all of him",
"*maḥămaddîm*": "noun, masculine plural - desirablenesses/delights",
"*zeh*": "demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this",
"*dôḏî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person possessive suffix - my beloved",
"*wəzeh*": "conjunction + demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - and this",
"*rēʿî*": "noun, masculine singular with 1st person possessive suffix - my friend/companion",
"*bənôṯ*": "noun, feminine plural construct - daughters of",
"*yərûšālāim*": "proper noun - Jerusalem"
},
"variants": {
"*ḥikkô*": "his mouth/his palate/his speech",
"*mamṯaqqîm*": "sweetnesses/sweet things/deliciousness",
"*maḥămaddîm*": "desirablenesses/delights/lovely things"
}
}