Song 1:7-8 : 7 {
"verseID": "Song of Songs.1.7",
"source": "הַגִּ֣ידָה לִּ֗י שֶׁ֤אָהֲבָה֙ נַפְשִׁ֔י אֵיכָ֣ה תִרְעֶ֔ה אֵיכָ֖ה תַּרְבִּ֣יץ בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם שַׁלָּמָ֤ה אֶֽהְיֶה֙ כְּעֹ֣טְיָ֔ה עַ֖ל עֶדְרֵ֥י חֲבֵרֶֽיךָ׃",
"text": "*haggîdāh* to-me that-*ʾāhăbāh* *nafšî* how *tirʿeh* how *tarbîṣ* in-the-*ṣāhŏrāyim* *šallāmāh* *ʾehyeh* like-*ʿōṭyāh* upon *ʿedrê* *ḥăbēreykā*",
"grammar": {
"*haggîdāh*": "imperative verb, masculine singular - tell",
"*lî*": "preposition with 1st singular suffix - to me",
"*še-ʾāhăbāh*": "conjunction with perfect verb, 3rd feminine singular - whom loves",
"*nafšî*": "noun, feminine, singular with 1st singular possessive suffix - my soul",
"*ʾêkāh*": "interrogative adverb - how/where",
"*tirʿeh*": "imperfect verb, 2nd masculine singular - you feed/pasture",
"*tarbîṣ*": "imperfect verb, 2nd masculine singular, hiphil - you make lie down/rest",
"*ba-ṣāhŏrāyim*": "preposition with noun, masculine, dual with definite article - in the midday/noon",
"*šallāmāh*": "interrogative adverb with preposition - why/for what purpose",
"*ʾehyeh*": "imperfect verb, 1st singular - I should be",
"*kĕ-ʿōṭyāh*": "preposition with participle, feminine, singular - like one who is veiled",
"*ʿal*": "preposition - by/beside/over",
"*ʿedrê*": "noun, masculine, plural construct - flocks of",
"*ḥăbēreykā*": "noun, masculine, plural with 2nd masculine singular possessive suffix - your companions"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿōṭyāh*": "one who veils herself/one who wanders/one who is covered",
"*tarbîṣ*": "cause to lie down/make rest/let rest",
"*šallāmāh*": "why/for what reason/for what purpose should"
}
}
8 {
"verseID": "Song of Songs.1.8",
"source": "אִם־לֹ֤א תֵדְעִי֙ לָ֔ךְ הַיָּפָ֖ה בַּנָּשִׁ֑ים צְֽאִי־לָ֞ךְ בְּעִקְבֵ֣י הַצֹּ֗אן וּרְעִי֙ אֶת־גְּדִיֹּתַ֔יִךְ עַ֖ל מִשְׁכְּנ֥וֹת הָרֹעִֽים׃",
"text": "If-not *tēdʿî* to-you the-*yāfāh* in-the-*nāšîm* go-out-for-you in-*ʿiqbê* the-*ṣōʾn* and-*rĕʿî* *ʾet*-*gĕdiyyōtayik* upon *miškĕnôt* the-*rōʿîm*",
"grammar": {
"*ʾim-lōʾ*": "conditional particle with negative - if not",
"*tēdʿî*": "imperfect verb, 2nd feminine singular - you know",
"*lāk*": "preposition with 2nd feminine singular suffix - for yourself",
"*ha-yāfāh*": "adjective, feminine, singular with definite article - the beautiful one",
"*ba-nāšîm*": "preposition with noun, feminine, plural with definite article - among women",
"*ṣĕʾî-lāk*": "imperative verb, feminine singular with preposition and 2nd feminine singular suffix - go out for yourself",
"*bĕ-ʿiqbê*": "preposition with noun, masculine, plural construct - in the tracks of",
"*ha-ṣōʾn*": "noun, masculine, singular collective with definite article - the flock",
"*û-rĕʿî*": "conjunction with imperative verb, feminine singular - and pasture",
"*ʾet-gĕdiyyōtayik*": "direct object marker with noun, feminine, plural with 2nd feminine singular possessive suffix - your young goats",
"*ʿal miškĕnôt*": "preposition with noun, feminine, plural construct - by/near the dwellings of",
"*hā-rōʿîm*": "participle, masculine, plural with definite article - the shepherds"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿiqbê*": "tracks/footsteps/traces",
"*miškĕnôt*": "dwellings/tents/habitations",
"*rōʿîm*": "shepherds/those who pasture"
}
}