Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 3:6
6Who is this coming up from the wilderness
like a column of smoke,
scented with myrrh and frankincense
from all the spices of the merchant?
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who | מִ֣י | mî | Interrogative | H4310 who? |
| is this | זֹ֗את | zōṯ | Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| coming up | עֹלָה֙ | ‘ō·lāh | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular | H5927 go up, ascend, climb |
| from | מִן־ | min- | Preposition | H4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not |
| the wilderness | הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר | ham·miḏ·bār | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H4057 mouth |
| like a column | כְּתִֽימֲר֖וֹת | kə·ṯî·mă·rō·wṯ | Preposition-k; Noun - feminine plural construct | H8490 column, cloud |
| of smoke | עָשָׁ֑ן | ‘ā·šān | Noun - masculine singular | H6227 smoke |
| scented | מְקֻטֶּ֤רֶת | mə·quṭ·ṭe·reṯ | Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine singular construct | H6999 make sacrifices smoke, send them up in smoke |
| with myrrh | מוֹר֙ | mō·wr | Noun - masculine singular | H4753 myrrh |
| and frankincense | וּלְבוֹנָ֔ה | ū·lə·ḇō·w·nāh | Conjunctive waw; Noun - feminine singular | H3828 frankincense |
| from all | מִכֹּ֖ל | mik·kōl | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the spices | אַבְקַ֥ת | ’aḇ·qaṯ | Noun - feminine singular construct | H81 powders |
| of the merchant | רוֹכֵֽל׃ | rō·w·ḵêl | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular | H7402 go about, from one to another |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Song of Solomon 8:5 · Song of Solomon 4:6 · Revelation 12:14 · Song of Solomon 1:13 · Deuteronomy 8:2 · Revelation 12:6 · Song of Solomon 5:13 · Song of Solomon 5:5 · Joel 2:29–31 · Song of Solomon 1:3 · Isaiah 43:19 · Song of Solomon 4:12–14
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.