Song of Songs 3:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant 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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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 8:16 : 16 And he will take your menservants, and your maidservants, 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 strong man, or any valiant man, he took him unto him.
1 Sam 28:2 : 2 And David said to Achish, Surely thou shalt know what thy servant can do. And Achish said to David, Therefore will I make thee keeper of mine head for ever.
1 Kgs 9:22 : 22 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no bondmen: but they were men of war, and his servants, and his princes, and his captains, and rulers of his chariots, and his horsemen.
1 Kgs 14:27 : 27 And king Rehoboam made in their stead brasen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, which kept the door of the king's house.
2 Kgs 6:17 : 17 And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD 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 bed is green.
Song 3:9 : 9 King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
Heb 1:14 : 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?

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