Song of Songs 8:12

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כַּרְמִ֥י שֶׁלִּ֖י לְפָנָ֑י הָאֶ֤לֶף לְךָ֙ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה וּמָאתַ֖יִם לְנֹטְרִ֥ים אֶת־פִּרְיֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

karmî šellî before-me the-ʾelep to-you šĕlōmōh and-māʾtayim to-nōṭĕrîm ʾet-piryô

Grammar Details

*karmî*: masculine singular noun + 1st person singular suffix - my vineyard
*šellî*: relative particle + preposition + 1st person singular suffix - which is mine
*lĕpānāy*: preposition + masculine plural noun + 1st person singular suffix - before me
*ʾelep*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the thousand
*lĕḵā*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - to you
*šĕlōmōh*: proper noun - Solomon
*māʾtayim*: dual numeral - two hundred
*nōṭĕrîm*: qal participle masculine plural - keepers
*piryô*: masculine singular noun + 3rd masculine singular suffix - its fruit

Word Meanings

*karmî šellî lĕpānāy*: my own vineyard is before me/my vineyard which belongs to me is mine
*māʾtayim lĕnōṭĕrîm ʾet-piryô*: two hundred for those who keep its fruit/two hundred for the keepers of its fruit

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Referenced Verses

Song 1:6 : 6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Rom 14:7-9 : 7 For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. 8 For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. 9 For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.
1 Cor 6:20 : 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
2 Cor 5:15 : 15 And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
1 Thess 2:19 : 19 For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing ? Are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming?
1 Tim 4:15-16 : 15 Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting may appear to all. 16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.
1 Tim 5:17-18 : 17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. 18 For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.
Ps 72:17-19 : 17 His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued {H8735)}{H8675)}{H8686)} as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed{H8691)} in him: all nations shall call him blessed{H8762)}. 18 Blessed{H8803)} be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who only doeth{H8802)} wondrous things{H8737)}. 19 And blessed{H8803)} be his glorious name for ever: and let the whole earth be filled{H8735)} with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
Prov 4:23 : 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

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1Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
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3And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
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10And these were the chief of king Solomon's officers, even two hundred and fifty, that bare rule over the people.
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1 Kgs 10:26
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