Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 5:9
9How is your beloved better than others,
O most beautiful among women?
How is your beloved better than another,
that you charge us so?
Word by word
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| 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 |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
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.