Song of Solomon

Song of Solomon 8:11

¹¹Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon.

He leased it to the tenants.

For its fruit, each was to bring

a thousand shekels of silver.^b

Footnotes

b 8:11 Hebrew a thousand of silver; that is, approximately 25.1 pounds or 11.4 kilograms of silver

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Solomon	לִשְׁלֹמֹה֙	liš·lō·mōh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8010 Solomon
had	הָיָ֤ה	hā·yāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
a vineyard	כֶּ֣רֶם	ke·rem	Noun - masculine singular	H3754 vineyard
in Baal-hamon	הָמ֔וֹן	hā·mō·wn	Preposition; Noun - proper - feminine singular	H1174 Baal-Hamon
He leased	נָתַ֥ן	nā·ṯan	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
to the tenants	לַנֹּטְרִ֑ים	lan·nō·ṭə·rîm	Preposition-l, Article; Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural	H5201 keep
For its fruit	בְּפִרְי֖וֹ	bə·p̄ir·yōw	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H6529 fruit
each	אִ֛ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
was to bring	יָבִ֥א	yā·ḇi	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go
a thousand	אֶ֥לֶף	’e·lep̄	Number - masculine singular construct	H505 thousand
of silver	כָּֽסֶף׃	kā·sep̄	Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money

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