Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon 4:1–5

1How beautiful you are, my darling—

how very beautiful!

Your eyes are like doves

behind your veil.

Your hair is like a flock of goats

streaming down Mount Gilead.

2Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep

coming up from the washing;

each has its twin,

and not one of them is lost.

3Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon,

and your mouth is lovely.

Your brow behind your veil

is like a slice of pomegranate.

4Your neck is like the tower of David,

built with rows of stones;

on it hang a thousand shields,

all of them shields of warriors.

5Your breasts are like two fawns,

twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.

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Song of Solomon 4:1

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Howהִנָּ֨ךְhin·nāḵInterjection; second person feminine singularH2005 lo! behold
beautifulיָפָ֤הyā·p̄āhAdjective - feminine singularH3303 fair, beautiful
my darlingרַעְיָתִי֙ra‘·yā·ṯîNoun - feminine singular construct; first person common singularH7474 companion
howהִנָּ֣ךְhin·nāḵInterjection; second person feminine singularH2005 lo! behold
very beautifulיָפָ֔הyā·p̄āhAdjective - feminine singularH3303 fair, beautiful
Your eyesעֵינַ֣יִךְ‘ê·na·yiḵNoun - cdc; second person feminine singularH5869 eye
areיוֹנִ֔יםyō·w·nîmNoun - feminine pluralH3123 dove
behindמִבַּ֖עַדmib·ba·‘aḏPreposition-mH1157 separation
your veilלְצַמָּתֵ֑ךְlə·ṣam·mā·ṯêḵPreposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singularH6777 woman's veil
Your hairשַׂעְרֵךְ֙śa‘·rêḵNoun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singularH8181 hair
is like a flockכְּעֵ֣דֶרkə·‘ê·ḏerPreposition-k; Noun - masculine singular constructH5739 flock, herd
of goatsהָֽעִזִּ֔יםhā·‘iz·zîmArticle; Noun - feminine pluralH5795 she-goat
streaming downשֶׁגָּלְשׁ֖וּšeg·gā·lə·šūPronoun - relative; Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralH1570 sit, sit up
Mountמֵהַ֥רmê·harPreposition-m; Noun - masculine singular constructH2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
Gileadגִּלְעָֽד׃gil·‘āḏNoun - proper - feminine singularH1568 Gilad

Song of Solomon 4:2

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Your teethשִׁנַּ֙יִךְ֙šin·na·yiḵNoun - cdc; second person feminine singularH8127 tooth, ivory
are like a flockכְּעֵ֣דֶרkə·‘ê·ḏerPreposition-k; Noun - masculine singularH5739 flock, herd
of newly shorn sheepהַקְּצוּב֔וֹתhaq·qə·ṣū·ḇō·wṯArticle; Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine pluralH7094 cut off, shear (?)
coming upשֶׁעָל֖וּše·‘ā·lūPronoun - relative; Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralH5927 go up, ascend, climb
fromמִן־min-PrepositionH4480 out of, from, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not
the washingהָרַחְצָ֑הhā·raḥ·ṣāhArticle; Noun - feminine singularH7367 id.
eachשֶׁכֻּלָּם֙šek·kul·lāmPronoun - relative; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine pluralH3605 the whole, all
has its twinמַתְאִימ֔וֹתmaṯ·’î·mō·wṯVerb - Hifil - Participle - feminine pluralH8382 be double
and not oneאֵ֥ין’ênAdverbH369 nothing, nought
of themבָּהֶֽם׃bā·hemPreposition; third person masculine plural
lostוְשַׁכֻּלָ֖הwə·šak·ku·lāhConjunctive waw; Adjective - feminine singularH7909 bereaved, robbed of offspring

Song of Solomon 4:3

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Your lipsשִׂפְתֹתַ֔יִךְśip̄·ṯō·ṯa·yiḵNoun - feminine plural construct; second person feminine singularH8193 lip, speech, edge
are like a scarletהַשָּׁנִי֙haš·šā·nîArticle; Noun - masculine singularH8144 scarlet
ribbonכְּח֤וּטkə·ḥūṭPreposition-k; Noun - masculine singular constructH2339 thread, cord, line
and your mouthוּמִדְבָּרֵ֖יךְū·miḏ·bā·rêḵConjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singularH4057 mouth
is lovelyנָאוֶ֑הnā·wehAdjective - masculine singularH5000 comely, seemly
Your browרַקָּתֵ֔ךְraq·qā·ṯêḵNoun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singularH7541 the temple
behindמִבַּ֖עַדmib·ba·‘aḏPreposition-mH1157 separation
your veilלְצַמָּתֵֽךְ׃lə·ṣam·mā·ṯêḵPreposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; second person feminine singularH6777 woman's veil
is like a sliceכְּפֶ֤לַחkə·p̄e·laḥPreposition-k; Noun - masculine singular constructH6400 cleavage, mill-stone
of pomegranateהָֽרִמּוֹן֙hā·rim·mō·wnArticle; Noun - masculine singularH7416 pomegranate

Song of Solomon 4:4

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Your neckצַוָּארֵ֔ךְṣaw·wā·rêḵNoun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singularH6677 neck, back of neck
is like the towerכְּמִגְדַּ֤לkə·miḡ·dalPreposition-k; Noun - masculine singular constructH4026 tower
of Davidדָּוִיד֙dā·wîḏNoun - proper - masculine singularH1732 David
builtבָּנ֖וּיbā·nuiVerb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singularH1129 build
with rows of stonesלְתַלְפִּיּ֑וֹתlə·ṯal·pî·yō·wṯPreposition-l; Noun - feminine pluralH8530 tall, slenderness
on itעָלָ֔יו‘ā·lāwPreposition; third person masculine singularH5921 height
hangתָּל֣וּיtā·luiVerb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singularH8518 hang
a thousandאֶ֤לֶף’e·lep̄Number - masculine singular constructH505 thousand
shieldsהַמָּגֵן֙ham·mā·ḡênArticle; Noun - common singularH4043 shield
all of themכֹּ֖לkōlNoun - masculine singular constructH3605 the whole, all
shieldsשִׁלְטֵ֥יšil·ṭêNoun - masculine plural constructH7982 shield (?)
of warriorsהַגִּבּוֹרִֽים׃hag·gib·bō·w·rîmArticle; Adjective - masculine pluralH1368 strong, mighty

Song of Solomon 4:5

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Your breastsשָׁדַ֛יִךְšā·ḏa·yiḵNoun - masculine dual construct; second person feminine singularH7699 violence, havoc, devastation, ruin
are like twoשְׁנֵ֥יšə·nêNumber - masculine dual constructH8147 two
fawnsעֳפָרִ֖ים‘o·p̄ā·rîmNoun - masculine pluralH6082 young hart, stag
twinsתְּאוֹמֵ֣יtə·’ō·w·mêNoun - masculine plural constructH8380 twin
of a gazelleצְבִיָּ֑הṣə·ḇî·yāhNoun - feminine singularH6646 id.
grazingהָרוֹעִ֖יםhā·rō·w·‘îmArticle; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralH7462 pasture, tend, graze
among the liliesבַּשּׁוֹשַׁנִּֽים׃baš·šō·wō·šan·nîmPreposition-b, Article; Noun - common pluralH7799 lily

Cross-references

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Song of Solomon 4:1 Song of Solomon 1:15 · Song of Solomon 6:5 · Song of Solomon 6:7 · Micah 7:14 · Song of Solomon 2:14 · Song of Solomon 4:9–10 · Song of Solomon 7:5

Song of Solomon 4:2 Song of Solomon 6:6

Song of Solomon 4:3 Song of Solomon 6:7 · Joshua 2:18 · Song of Solomon 5:16

Song of Solomon 4:4 Song of Solomon 7:4 · 1 Peter 1:5 · Ephesians 4:15–16 · Nehemiah 3:19 · Ezekiel 27:10–11 · 2 Samuel 22:51 · 2 Chronicles 12:9–11 · Colossians 2:19 · Song of Solomon 1:10

Song of Solomon 4:5 Song of Solomon 2:16 · Song of Solomon 6:3 · Song of Solomon 7:3 · Song of Solomon 8:10 · 1 Peter 2:2 · Proverbs 5:19

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.