Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon 5:8–9

⁸O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you,

if you find my beloved,

tell him I am sick with love.

⁹How is your beloved better than others,

O most beautiful among women?

How is your beloved better than another,

that you charge us so?

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
O daughters	בְּנ֣וֹת	bə·nō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H1323 daughter
of Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
I adjure	הִשְׁבַּ֥עְתִּי	hiš·ba‘·tî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular	H7650 swear
you	אֶתְכֶ֖ם	’eṯ·ḵem	Direct object marker; second person masculine plural	H853 mark of the accusative
if	אִֽם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
you find	תִּמְצְאוּ֙	tim·ṣə·’ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H4672 attain to, find
my beloved	דּוֹדִ֔י	dō·w·ḏî	Noun - masculine singular construct; first person common singular	H1730 beloved, love
tell	תַּגִּ֣ידוּ	tag·gî·ḏū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H5046 be conspicuous
him	ל֔וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
I	אָֽנִי׃	’ā·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
sick	שֶׁחוֹלַ֥ת	še·ḥō·w·laṯ	Pronoun - relative; Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singular construct	H2470 be weak, sick
with love	אַהֲבָ֖ה	’a·hă·ḇāh	Noun - feminine singular	H160 love

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
How	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
your beloved	דּוֹדֵ֣ךְ	dō·w·ḏêḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular	H1730 beloved, love
better than	מִדּ֔וֹד	mid·dō·wḏ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H1730 beloved, love
O most beautiful	הַיָּפָ֖ה	hay·yā·p̄āh	Article; Adjective - feminine singular	H3303 fair, beautiful
among women	בַּנָּשִׁ֑ים	ban·nā·šîm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine plural	H802 woman, wife, female
How	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
your beloved	דּוֹדֵ֣ךְ	dō·w·ḏêḵ	Noun - masculine singular construct; second person feminine singular	H1730 beloved, love
better than another	מִדּ֔וֹד	mid·dō·wḏ	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H1730 beloved, love
that you	שֶׁכָּ֖כָה	šek·kā·ḵāh	Pronoun - relative; Adverb	H3602 thus
charge us so	הִשְׁבַּעְתָּֽנוּ׃	hiš·ba‘·tā·nū	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person feminine singular; first person common plural	H7650 swear

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Song of Solomon 5:8 Song of Solomon 2:5 · Song of Solomon 2:7 · Song of Solomon 3:5 · Psalm 42:1–3

Song of Solomon 5:9 Song of Solomon 6:1 · Song of Solomon 1:8 · Song of Solomon 6:9–10 · Psalm 87:3 · Psalm 45:13 · Matthew 16:13–17 · Isaiah 53:2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.