Song of Songs 7:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

I said, I will climb the palm tree, I will take hold of its branches. Now let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, and the fragrance of your breath like apples;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

זֹ֤את קֽוֹמָתֵךְ֙ דָּֽמְתָ֣ה לְתָמָ֔ר וְשָׁדַ֖יִךְ לְאַשְׁכֹּלֽוֹת׃

Transliteration

zōʾt qômātēk dāmtāh lətāmār wəšādayik ləʾaškōlôt

Grammar Details

• *zōʾt*: demonstrative pronoun, feminine singular - this
• *qômātēk*: noun + 2nd person feminine singular suffix - your stature/height
• *dāmtāh*: perfect verb, 3rd person feminine singular - she resembles/is like
• *lətāmār*: preposition + noun - to a palm tree
• *wəšādayik*: conjunction + noun + 2nd person feminine singular suffix, dual form - and your breasts
• *ləʾaškōlôt*: preposition + noun, plural - to clusters

Word Meanings

• *qômātēk*: your stature/your form/your height
• *dāmtāh*: resembles/is like/is similar to
• *tāmār*: palm tree/date palm
• *šādayik*: your breasts/your teats
• *ʾaškōlôt*: clusters/bunches/grape clusters

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Your stature is like a palm tree, and your breasts are like its clusters.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  I said, I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof: Let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, And the smell of thy breath like apples,

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I wil clymme vp into the date tre, and take holde of his braunches. Thy brestes also shalbe as the vyne grapes, the smell of thy nostrels like the smell of apples,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I saide, I will goe vp into the palme tree, I will take holde of her boughes: thy breastes shall nowe be like the clusters of the vine: and the sauour of thy nose like apples,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I sayde, I wyll climbe vp into the paulme tree, and take holde of his hye braunches. Thy breastes also shalbe as the wine clusters, the smell of thy nosethrilles like as the smell of apples.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I said, "I will climb up into the palm tree. I will take hold of its fruit." Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, The smell of your breath like apples, Beloved

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I said, `Let me go up on the palm, Let me lay hold on its boughs, Yea, let thy breasts be, I pray thee, as clusters of the vine, And the fragrance of thy face as citrons,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I said, I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof: Let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, And the smell of thy breath like apples,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  I said, I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof: Let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, And the smell of thy breath like apples,

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I said, Let me go up the palm-tree, and let me take its branches in my hands: your breasts will be as the fruit of the vine, and the smell of your breath like apples;

• World English Bible (2000)

  I said, "I will climb up into the palm tree. I will take hold of its fruit." Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the smell of your breath like apples, Beloved

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I want to climb the palm tree, and take hold of its fruit stalks. May your breasts be like the clusters of grapes, and may the fragrance of your breath be like apples!

Referenced Verses

• Song 1:3 : 3 Because of the fragrance of your good ointments, your name is like ointment poured out; therefore, the maidens love you.
• Song 2:3 : 3 As the apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
• Song 2:5 : 5 Sustain me with raisins, comfort me with apples, for I am sick with love.
• Song 4:16-5:1 : 16 Awake, O north wind; and come, O south; blow upon my garden, that the spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. 1 I have come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yes, drink abundantly, O beloved.
• Jer 32:41 : 41 Yes, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
• John 14:21-23 : 21 He who has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is who loves me: and he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will reveal myself to him. 22 Judas, not Iscariot, said to him, Lord, how is it that you will reveal yourself to us, and not to the world? 23 Jesus answered and said to him, If anyone loves me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
• 2 Cor 2:14 : 14 Now thanks be to God, who always leads us to triumph in Christ, and reveals the fragrance of His knowledge by us in every place.