Song of Songs 3:10

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עַמּוּדָיו֙ עָ֣שָׂה כֶ֔סֶף רְפִידָת֣וֹ זָהָ֔ב מֶרְכָּב֖וֹ אַרְגָּמָ֑ן תּוֹכוֹ֙ רָצ֣וּף אַהֲבָ֔ה מִבְּנ֖וֹת יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

Transliteration

ʿammûḏāyw ʿāsâ ḵeseph, rəphîḏāṯô zāhāḇ, merkāḇô ʾargāmān, tôḵô rāṣûph ʾahăḇâ from-bənôṯ yərûshālāim.

Grammar Details

*ʿammûḏāyw*: noun, masculine, plural with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his pillars
*ʿāsâ*: verb, Qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he made
*ḵeseph*: noun, masculine, singular - silver
*rəphîḏāṯô*: noun, feminine, singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its support/back
*zāhāḇ*: noun, masculine, singular - gold
*merkāḇô*: noun, masculine, singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its seat
*ʾargāmān*: noun, masculine, singular - purple
*tôḵô*: noun, masculine, singular with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - its interior
*rāṣûph*: verb, Qal passive participle, masculine singular - paved/lined
*ʾahăḇâ*: noun, feminine, singular - love
*bənôṯ*: noun, feminine, plural construct - daughters of
*yərûshālāim*: proper noun - Jerusalem

Word Meanings

*ʿammûḏāyw*: his pillars/columns/posts
*rəphîḏāṯô*: its support/back/headrest
*merkāḇô*: its seat/carriage/interior
*ʾargāmān*: purple/purple fabric/purple dye
*rāṣûph*: paved/lined/inlaid

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Referenced Verses

Ps 87:3 : 3 Glorious things{H8737)} are spoken{H8794)} of thee, O city of God. Selah.
Song 1:5 : 5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
Rom 5:8 : 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
Eph 3:18-19 : 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; 19 And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.
1 Tim 3:15-16 : 15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. 16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Rev 1:5 : 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Rev 3:12 : 12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.

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