1{
"verseID": "Song of Songs.3.1",
"source": "עַל־מִשְׁכָּבִי֙ בַּלֵּיל֔וֹת בִּקַּ֕שְׁתִּי אֵ֥ת שֶׁאָהֲבָ֖ה נַפְשִׁ֑י בִּקַּשְׁתִּ֖יו וְלֹ֥א מְצָאתִֽיו׃",
"text": "Upon *mishkāḇî* in-the-*lêlôṯ* *biqqashtî* *ʾēṯ* whom *ʾāhăḇâ* *naphshî*; *biqqashtîw* *wə-lōʾ* *məṣāʾṯîw*.",
"grammar": {
"*mishkāḇî*": "noun, masculine, singular with 1st person singular possessive suffix - my bed",
"*lêlôṯ*": "noun, masculine, plural - nights",
"*biqqashtî*": "verb, Piel perfect, 1st person singular - I sought/searched for",
"*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",
"*biqqashtîw*": "verb, Piel perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - I sought him",
"*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negation - and not",
"*məṣāʾṯîw*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - I found him"
},
"variants": {
"*mishkāḇî*": "my bed/couch/place of rest",
"*biqqashtî*": "I sought/searched for/desired",
"*naphshî*": "my soul/life/self/desire/being",
"*ʾāhăḇâ*": "she loved/desired/cherished"
}
}
2{
"verseID": "Song of Songs.3.2",
"source": "אָק֨וּמָה נָּ֜א וַאֲסוֹבְבָ֣ה בָעִ֗יר בַּשְּׁוָקִים֙ וּבָ֣רְחֹב֔וֹת אֲבַקְשָׁ֕ה אֵ֥ת שֶׁאָהֲבָ֖ה נַפְשִׁ֑י בִּקַּשְׁתִּ֖יו וְלֹ֥א מְצָאתִֽיו׃",
"text": "*ʾāqûmâ* *nāʾ* *wa-ʾăsôḇəḇâ* in-the-*ʿîr*, in-the-*shəwāqîm* *û-ḇā-rəḥōḇôṯ* *ʾăḇaqshâ* *ʾēṯ* whom *ʾāhăḇâ* *naphshî*; *biqqashtîw* *wə-lōʾ* *məṣāʾṯîw*.",
"grammar": {
"*ʾāqûmâ*": "verb, Qal cohortative, 1st person singular - let me arise",
"*nāʾ*": "particle of entreaty - please/now",
"*wa-ʾăsôḇəḇâ*": "conjunction + verb, Piel cohortative, 1st person singular - and let me go about",
"*ʿîr*": "noun, feminine, singular with definite article - the city",
"*shəwāqîm*": "noun, masculine, plural with definite article - the streets/markets",
"*û-ḇā-rəḥōḇôṯ*": "conjunction + preposition + noun, feminine, plural with definite article - and in the broad places/squares",
"*ʾăḇaqshâ*": "verb, Piel cohortative, 1st person singular - let me seek",
"*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",
"*biqqashtîw*": "verb, Piel perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - I sought him",
"*wə-lōʾ*": "conjunction + negation - and not",
"*məṣāʾṯîw*": "verb, Qal perfect, 1st person singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - I found him"
},
"variants": {
"*ʾāqûmâ*": "let me arise/stand up/get up",
"*nāʾ*": "please/now/I pray",
"*ʾăsôḇəḇâ*": "let me go around/encircle/search",
"*shəwāqîm*": "streets/marketplaces/public areas",
"*rəḥōḇôṯ*": "broad places/squares/open areas",
"*ʾăḇaqshâ*": "let me seek/search for/look for"
}
}
3{
"verseID": "Song of Songs.3.3",
"source": "מְצָא֙וּנִי֙ הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים הַסֹּבְבִ֖ים בָּעִ֑יר אֵ֛ת שֶׁאָהֲבָ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֖י רְאִיתֶֽם׃",
"text": "*məṣāʾûnî* the-*shōmərîm*, the-*sōḇəḇîm* in-the-*ʿîr*: *ʾēṯ* whom *ʾāhăḇâ* *naphshî* *rəʾîṯem*?",
"grammar": {
"*məṣāʾûnî*": "verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person plural with 1st person singular suffix - they found me",
"*shōmərîm*": "verb, Qal participle, masculine plural with definite article - the guards/watchmen",
"*sōḇəḇîm*": "verb, Qal participle, masculine plural with definite article - those going around/patrolling",
"*ʿîr*": "noun, feminine, singular with definite article - the city",
"*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",
"*rəʾîṯem*": "verb, Qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you (plural) have seen"
},
"variants": {
"*shōmərîm*": "watchmen/guards/keepers",
"*sōḇəḇîm*": "those who go around/patrol/make rounds",
"*rəʾîṯem*": "have you seen/noticed/observed"
}
}
4{
"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"
}
}
5{
"verseID": "Song of Songs.3.5",
"source": "הִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֜ם בְּנ֤וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ בִּצְבָא֔וֹת א֖וֹ בְּאַיְל֣וֹת הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה אִם־תָּעִ֧ירוּ ׀ וְֽאִם־תְּעֽוֹרְר֛וּ אֶת־הָאַהֲבָ֖ה עַ֥ד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ׃",
"text": "*hishbaʿtî* *ʾeṯḵem* *bənôṯ* *yərûshālaim* by-the-*ṣəḇāʾôṯ* or by-the-*ʾayyəlôṯ* the-*sāḏeh*: *ʾim*-*tāʿîrû* and-*ʾim*-*təʿôrərû* *ʾeṯ*-the-*ʾahăḇâ* until that-*teḥpāṣ*.",
"grammar": {
"*hishbaʿtî*": "verb, Hiphil perfect, 1st person singular - I adjure/make swear",
"*ʾeṯḵem*": "direct object marker with 2nd person feminine plural suffix - you (plural feminine)",
"*bənôṯ*": "noun, feminine, plural construct - daughters of",
"*yərûshālaim*": "proper noun - Jerusalem",
"*ṣəḇāʾôṯ*": "noun, feminine, plural - gazelles/does",
"*ʾayyəlôṯ*": "noun, feminine, plural - hinds/female deer",
"*sāḏeh*": "noun, masculine, singular with definite article - the field",
"*ʾim*": "conditional particle - if",
"*tāʿîrû*": "verb, Hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you (plural) stir up/awaken",
"*təʿôrərû*": "verb, Polel imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural - you (plural) arouse/awaken",
"*ʾeṯ*": "direct object marker",
"*ʾahăḇâ*": "noun, feminine, singular with definite article - the love",
"*teḥpāṣ*": "verb, Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - she desires/pleases"
},
"variants": {
"*hishbaʿtî*": "I adjure/make swear/put under oath",
"*ṣəḇāʾôṯ*": "gazelles/does/female deer",
"*tāʿîrû*": "you stir up/awaken/rouse",
"*təʿôrərû*": "you arouse/awaken/excite",
"*teḥpāṣ*": "she desires/pleases/delights in"
}
}
6{
"verseID": "Song of Songs.3.6",
"source": "מִ֣י זֹ֗את עֹלָה֙ מִן־הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר כְּתִֽימֲר֖וֹת עָשָׁ֑ן מְקֻטֶּ֤רֶת מוֹר֙ וּלְבוֹנָ֔ה מִכֹּ֖ל אַבְקַ֥ת רוֹכֵֽל׃",
"text": "Who *zōʾṯ* *ʿōlâ* from-the-*miḏbār* like-*tîmărôṯ* *ʿāshān*, *məquṭṭereṯ* *môr* *û-ləḇônâ*, from-all *ʾaḇqaṯ* *rôḵēl*?",
"grammar": {
"*zōʾṯ*": "demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this",
"*ʿōlâ*": "verb, Qal participle, feminine singular - coming up/ascending",
"*miḏbār*": "noun, masculine, singular with definite article - the wilderness/desert",
"*tîmărôṯ*": "noun, feminine, plural construct - columns/pillars of",
"*ʿāshān*": "noun, masculine, singular - smoke",
"*məquṭṭereṯ*": "verb, Pual participle, feminine singular - perfumed/made fragrant",
"*môr*": "noun, masculine, singular - myrrh",
"*û-ləḇônâ*": "conjunction + noun, feminine, singular - and frankincense",
"*ʾaḇqaṯ*": "noun, feminine, singular construct - powder/dust of",
"*rôḵēl*": "noun, masculine, singular - merchant/trader"
},
"variants": {
"*ʿōlâ*": "ascending/coming up/rising",
"*miḏbār*": "wilderness/desert/uninhabited land",
"*tîmărôṯ*": "columns/pillars/palm-like columns",
"*məquṭṭereṯ*": "perfumed/made fragrant with incense/fumigated",
"*ʾaḇqaṯ*": "powder/dust/fragrant powder",
"*rôḵēl*": "merchant/trader/spice merchant"
}
}