Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon 4:6

⁶Before the day breaks and the shadows flee,

I will make my way

to the mountain of myrrh

and to the hill of frankincense.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Before	עַ֤ד	‘aḏ	Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
the day	הַיּ֔וֹם	hay·yō·wm	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3117 day
breaks	שֶׁיָּפ֙וּחַ֙	še·yā·p̄ū·aḥ	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6315 breathe, blow
and the shadows	הַצְּלָלִ֑ים	haṣ·ṣə·lā·lîm	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H6752 shade
flee	וְנָ֖סוּ	wə·nā·sū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H5127 flee, escape
I will make my way	אֵ֤לֶךְ	’ê·leḵ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H1980 go, come, walk
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the mountain	הַ֣ר	har	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2022 mountain, hill, hill-country
of myrrh	הַמּ֔וֹר	ham·mō·wr	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H4753 myrrh
and to the hill	גִּבְעַ֖ת	giḇ·‘aṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H1389 hill
of frankincense	הַלְּבוֹנָֽה׃	hal·lə·ḇō·w·nāh	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H3828 frankincense

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