Revised Version 1895

Song of Songs 6

1Whither is thybelovedדּוֹדֵ֔ךְdo.DekhH1730goneH1980, O thou fairest amongwomenבַּנָּשִׁ֑יםba.na.ShimH802? whither hath thybelovedדוֹדֵ֔ךְdo.DekhH1730turnedפָּנָ֣הpa.NahH6437him, thatweH1980mayseekוּנְבַקְשֶׁ֖נּוּu.ne.vak.She.nuH1245him with thee?

2Mybelovedדּוֹדִי֙do.DiH1730isgoneH3381downיָרַ֣דya.RadH3381to hisgardenלְגַנּ֔וֹle.ga.NoH1588, to thebedsלַעֲרוּג֖וֹתla.'a.ru.GotH6170ofspicesהַבֹּ֑שֶׂםha.Bo.semH1314, tofeedלִרְעוֹת֙lir.'OtH7462in thegardensבַּגַּנִּ֔יםba.ga.NimH1588, and togatherוְלִלְקֹ֖טve.lil.KotH3950liliesשֽׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃Sho.o.sha.NimH7799.

3I am mybeloved’sלְדוֹדִי֙le.do.DiH1730, and mybelovedוְדוֹדִ֣יve.do.DiH1730is mine: he feedeth his flock among theliliesבַּשׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃ סba.sho.sha.NimH7799.

4Thou artbeautifulיָפָ֨הya.FahH3303, O my love, asTirzahכְּתִרְצָ֔הke.tir.TzahH8656,comelyנָאוָ֖הna.VahH5000asJerusalemכִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םki.ru.sha.LimH3389, terrible as anarmyH3389with banners.

5Turnהָסֵ֤בִּיha.Se.biH5437awayH4480thineeyesעֵינַ֙יִךְ֙'ei.Na.yikhH5869frommeH4480, for they have overcomemeH4480. Thyhairשַׂעְרֵךְ֙sa'.reKhH8181is as aflockכְּעֵ֣דֶרke.'E.derH5739ofgoatsהָֽעִזִּ֔יםha.'i.ZimH5795, that lie along thesideמִנֶּגְדִּ֔יmi.neg.DiH5048ofGileadהַגִּלְעָֽד׃ha.gil.'AdH1568.

6Thyteethשִׁנַּ֙יִךְ֙shi.Na.yikhH8127are like aflockכְּעֵ֣דֶרke.'E.derH5739ofewesהָֽרְחֵלִ֔יםha.re.che.LimH7353, which arecomeשֶׁעָל֖וּshe.'a.LuH5927upH5927from thewashingהָרַחְצָ֑הha.rach.TzahH7367; whereofeveryשֶׁכֻּלָּם֙she.ku.LamH3605one hathtwinsמַתְאִימ֔וֹתmat.'i.MotH8382, andnoneאֵ֥ין'einH369is bereaved among them.

7Thytemplesרַקָּתֵ֔ךְra.ka.TekhH7541are like apieceכְּפֶ֤לַחke.Fe.lachH6400of apomegranateהָרִמּוֹן֙ha.ri.mOnH7416behindמִבַּ֖עַדmi.Ba.'adH1157thyveilלְצַמָּתֵֽךְ׃le.tza.ma.TekhH6777.

8There are threescorequeensמְּלָכ֔וֹתme.la.KhotH4436, and fourscoreconcubinesפִּֽילַגְשִׁ֑יםpi.lag.ShimH6370, and virginswithoutאֵ֥ין'einH369numberמִסְפָּֽר׃mis.ParH4557.

9Mydoveיוֹנָתִ֣יyo.na.TiH3123, my undefiled, is but one;sheH1931is theonlyH259one ofherH7200motherלְאִמָּ֔הּle.'i.MahH517;sheH1931is thechoiceH7200one ofherH7200that bareherH7200. Thedaughtersבָנוֹת֙va.nOtH1323sawH7200herH7200, andcalledוַֽיְאַשְּׁר֔וּהָvay.'a.she.Ru.haH833herH7200blessedH833; yea, thequeensמְלָכ֥וֹתme.la.KhotH4436and theconcubinesוּפִֽילַגְשִׁ֖יםu.fi.lag.ShimH6370, and theypraisedוַֽיְהַלְלֽוּהָ׃ סVay.ha.Lu.haH1984herH7200.

10Who is she that looketh forth as themorningשָׁ֑חַרSha.charH7837,fairיָפָ֣הya.FahH3303as themoonכַלְּבָנָ֗הkha.le.va.NahH3842, clear as thesunכַּֽחַמָּ֔הka.cha.MahH2535, terrible as an army with banners?

11IwentH3381downיָרַ֔דְתִּיya.Rad.tiH3381intoאֶל־'el-H413thegardenגִּנַּ֤תgi.NatH1594of nuts, toseeH7200thegreenבְּאִבֵּ֣יbe.'i.BeiH3plants of thevalleyהַנָּ֑חַלha.Na.chalH5158, toseeH7200whetherH7200thevineהַגֶּ֔פֶןha.Ge.fenH1612buddedהֲפָֽרְחָ֣הha.fa.re.ChahH6524, and thepomegranatesהָרִמֹּנִֽים׃ha.ri.mo.NimH7416were in flower.

12Or ever I wasawareיָדַ֔עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045, mysoulH5315setשָׂמַ֔תְנִיsa.Mat.niH7760meH5315among thechariotsמַרְכְּב֖וֹתmar.ke.VotH4818of my princelypeopleעַמִּי־נָדִֽיב׃'a.mi-na.DavH5971.

13Return, return, O Shulammite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. Why will ye look upon the Shulammite, as upon the dance of Mahanaim?

Commentaries on Song of Songs 6

Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain