Berean Standard Bible
Song of Songs 1
(Ephesians 5:22–33; 1 Peter 3:1–7)
The Bride
3The fragranceלְרֵ֙יחַ֙le.Rei.achH7381of your perfumeשְׁמָנֶ֣יךָshe.ma.Nei.khaH8081is pleasingטוֹבִ֔יםto.VimH2896;your nameשְׁמֶ֑ךָshe.Me.khaH8034is like perfumeשֶׁ֖מֶןShe.menH8081poured outתּוּרַ֣קtu.RakH7324.No wonderעַל־ כֵּ֖ן'al- kenH5921H3651the maidensעֲלָמ֥וֹתa.la.MotH5959adore youאֲהֵבֽוּךָ׃'a.he.Vu.khaH157.
The Friends
The Bride
4Take meמָשְׁכֵ֖נִיma.she.Khe.niH4900away with youאַחֲרֶ֣יךָ'a.cha.Rei.khaH310—let us hurryנָּר֑וּצָהna.Ru.tzahH7323!May the kingהַמֶּ֜לֶךְha.Me.lekhH4428bring meהֱבִיאַ֨נִיhe.vi.'A.niH935to his chambersחֲדָרָ֗יוcha.da.RavH2315.We will rejoiceנָגִ֤ילָהna.Gi.lahH1523and delightוְנִשְׂמְחָה֙ve.nis.me.ChahH8055in you;we will praiseנַזְכִּ֤ירָהnaz.Ki.rahH2142your loveדֹדֶ֙יךָ֙do.Dei.khaH1730more than wineמִיַּ֔יִןmi.Ya.yinH3196.It is only rightמֵישָׁרִ֖יםmei.sha.RimH4339that they adore youאֲהֵבֽוּךָ׃ ס'a.he.Vu.khaH157.
5Iאֲנִי֙'a.NiH589am darkשְׁחוֹרָ֤הshe.cho.RahH7838,yet lovelyוְֽנָאוָ֔הve.na.VahH5000,O daughtersבְּנ֖וֹתbe.NotH1323of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָ֑םye.ru.sha.LimH3389,like the tentsכְּאָהֳלֵ֣יke.'o.ho.LeiH168of Kedarקֵדָ֔רke.DarH6938,like the curtainsכִּירִיע֖וֹתki.ri.'otH3407of Solomonשְׁלֹמֹֽה׃she.lo.MohH8010.
6Do notאַל־'al-H408stareתִּרְא֙וּנִי֙tir.'U.niH7200because Iשֶׁאֲנִ֣יshe.'a.NiH589am darkשְׁחַרְחֹ֔רֶתshe.char.Cho.retH7840,for the sunהַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁha.Sha.meshH8121has gazed upon meשֶׁשֱּׁזָפַ֖תְנִיshe.she.za.Fat.niH7805.My mother’sאִמִּ֣י'i.MiH517sonsבְּנֵ֧יbe.NeiH1121were angryנִֽחֲרוּ־ni.cha.ru-H2734with me;they made meשָׂמֻ֙נִי֙sa.Mu.niH7760a keeperנֹטֵרָ֣הno.te.RahH5201אֶת־'et-H853of the vineyardsהַכְּרָמִ֔יםha.ke.ra.MimH3754, butmy own vineyardכַּרְמִ֥יkar.MiH3754I have neglectedלֹ֥א נָטָֽרְתִּי׃lo' na.Ta.re.tiH3808H5201.
The Friends
7Tell meהַגִּ֣ידָהha.Gi.dahH5046, O oneIנַפְשִׁ֔יnaf.ShiH5315loveשֶׁ֤אָהֲבָה֙she.'a.ha.vahH157,whereאֵיכָ֣ה'ei.KhahH349do you pasture your sheepתִרְעֶ֔הtir.'EhH7462?Whereאֵיכָ֖ה'ei.KhahH349do you rest themתַּרְבִּ֣יץtar.BitzH7257at middayבַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִםba.tzo.ho.Ra.yimH6672?Whyשַׁלָּמָ֤הsha.la.MahH4100should I beאֶֽהְיֶה֙'eh.YehH1961like a veiled womanכְּעֹ֣טְיָ֔הke.'O.te.YahH5844besideעַ֖ל'alH5921the flocksעֶדְרֵ֥י'ed.ReiH5739of your companionsחֲבֵרֶֽיךָ׃cha.ve.Rei.khaH2270?
The Bridegroom
8Ifאִם־'im-H518you do notלֹ֤אlo'H3808knowתֵדְעִי֙te.de.'IH3045,O fairestהַיָּפָ֖הhai.ya.FahH3303of womenבַּנָּשִׁ֑יםba.na.ShimH802,followצְֽאִי־tze.'i-H3318the tracksבְּעִקְבֵ֣יbe.'ik.VeiH6119of the flockהַצֹּ֗אןha.TzonH6629,and grazeוּרְעִי֙u.re.'IH7462אֶת־'et-H853your young goatsגְּדִיֹּתַ֔יִךְge.di.yo.Ta.yikhH1429nearעַ֖ל'alH5921the tentsמִשְׁכְּנ֥וֹתmish.ke.NotH4908of the shepherdsהָרֹעִֽים׃ סha.ro.'ImH7462.
The Friends
The Bride
The Bridegroom
The Bride
The Bridegroom
Commentaries on Song of Songs 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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