Song of Songs 8 שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים פרק ח׳

Masoretic Text, word by word with transliteration and English glosses, the English verse beneath each. Open Song of Songs 8 in the interlinear reader for roots and notes, or listen to it read aloud in Hebrew.

1. 1

   מִיmiwhoיִתֶּנְךָyit/ten/KHAwould give youכְּאָחke/ACHlike a brotherלִיlimeיוֹנֵקyo/NEKthat suckedשְׁדֵיshe/DEthe breasts ofאִמִּיim/MImy motherאֶמְצָאֲךָem/tsa/a/KHAwhen I should find youבַחוּץva/CHUTSoutsideאֶשָּׁקְךָesh/sha/ke/KHAI would kiss youגַּםgamyeaלֹא־יָבֻזוּlo-ya/VU/zuthey would not despiseלִי׃lime

   O that thou wert as my brother, that sucked the breasts of my mother! when I should find thee without, I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.

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   אֶנְהָגְךָen/ha/ge/KHAI would lead youאֲבִיאֲךָa/vi/a/KHAand bring youאֶל־בֵּיתel-betto the house ofאִמִּיim/MImy motherתְּלַמְּדֵנִיte/lam/me/DE/niwho would instruct meאַשְׁקְךָash/ke/KHAI would cause you to drinkמִיַּיִןmiy/YA/yinof wineהָרֶקַחha/RE/kachspicedמֵעֲסִיסme/a/SISof the juice ofרִמֹּנִי׃rim/mo/NImy pomegranate

   I would lead thee, and bring thee into my mother's house, who would instruct me: I would cause thee to drink of spiced wine of the juice of my pomegranate.

3. 3

   שְׂמֹאלוֹse/mo/LOhis left handתַּחַתTA/chatunderרֹאשִׁיro/SHImy headוִימִינוֹvi/mi/NOand his right handתְּחַבְּקֵנִי׃te/chab/be/KE/niembraces me

   His left hand should be under my head, and his right hand should embrace me.

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   הִשְׁבַּעְתִּיhish/BA/tiI adjureאֶתְכֶםet/KHEMyouבְּנוֹתbe/NOTO daughters ofיְרוּשָׁלָ͏ִםYe/ru/sha/LA/yimJerusalemמַה־תָּעִירוּma-ta/I/ruwhy should you stir upוּמַה־תְּעֹרְרוּu/MA-te/or/RUor why awakenאֶת־הָאַהֲבָהet-ha/a/ha/VAloveעַדaduntilשֶׁתֶּחְפָּץ׃shet/tech/PATSit please

   I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, until he please.

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   מִיmiwhoזֹאתzotthisעֹלָהo/LAthat comes upמִן־הַמִּדְבָּרmin-ham/mid/BARfrom the wildernessמִתְרַפֶּקֶתmit/rap/PE/ketleaning herselfעַל־דּוֹדָהּal-do/DAupon her belovedתַּחַתTA/chatunderהַתַּפּוּחַhat/tap/PU/achthe apple treeעוֹרַרְתִּיךָo/rar/TI/khaI awakened youשָׁמָּהSHAM/mathereחִבְּלַתְךָchib/be/LAT/khashe was in labor with youאִמֶּךָim/ME/khayour motherשָׁמָּהSHAM/mathereחִבְּלָהchib/be/LAshe was in laborיְלָדַתְךָ׃ye/la/DAT/khathat bore you

   Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? I raised thee up under the apple tree: there thy mother brought thee forth: there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

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   שִׂימֵנִיsi/ME/niput meכַחוֹתָםkha/cho/TAMas a sealעַל־לִבֶּךָal-lib/BE/khaupon your heartכַּחוֹתָםka/cho/TAMas a sealעַל־זְרוֹעֶךָal-ze/ro/E/khaupon your armכִּי־עַזָּהki-az/ZAfor strongכַמָּוֶתkham/MA/vetas deathאַהֲבָהa/ha/VAis loveקָשָׁהka/SHAcruelכִשְׁאוֹלKhish/OLas Sheolקִנְאָהkin/Ais jealousyרְשָׁפֶיהָre/sha/FE/haits coalsרִשְׁפֵּיrish/PEcoals ofאֵשׁeshfireשַׁלְהֶבֶתְיָה׃shal/he/vet/YAa flame of the LORD

   Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.

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   מַיִםMA/yimwatersרַבִּיםrab/BIMmanyלֹאlonotיוּכְלוּyukh/LUcanלְכַבּוֹתle/khab/BOTto extinguishאֶת־הָאַהֲבָהet-ha/a/ha/VAloveוּנְהָרוֹתu/ne/ha/ROTand riversלֹאlonotיִשְׁטְפוּהָyish/te/FU/hadrown itאִם־יִתֵּןim-yit/TENif would giveאִישׁisha manאֶת־כׇּל־הוֹןet-kol-honall the substance ofבֵּיתוֹbe/TOhis houseבָּאַהֲבָהba/a/ha/VAfor loveבּוֹזbozdespiseיָבוּזוּya/VU/zuthey would despiseלוֹ׃lohim

   Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.

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   אָחוֹתa/CHOTa sisterלָנוּLA/nuto usקְטַנָּהke/tan/NAlittleוְשָׁדַיִםve/sha/DA/yimand breastsאֵיןenthere is noלָהּlato herמַה־נַּעֲשֶׂהma-na/a/SEwhat shall we doלַאֲחֹתֵנוּla/a/cho/TE/nufor our sisterבַּיּוֹםbay/YOMin the dayשֶׁיְּדֻבַּר־בָּהּ׃shey/ye/dub/BAR-bawhen she shall be spoken for

   We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for?

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   אִם־חוֹמָהim-cho/MAif a wallהִיאhishe isנִבְנֶהniv/NEwe will buildעָלֶיהָa/LE/haupon herטִירַתTI/rata palace ofכָּסֶףKA/sefsilverוְאִם־דֶּלֶתve/IM-DE/letand if a doorהִיאhishe isנָצוּרna/TSURwe will encloseעָלֶיהָa/LE/haupon herלוּחַLU/achboards ofאָרֶז׃A/rezcedar

   If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.

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    אֲנִיa/NII amחוֹמָהcho/MAa wallוְשָׁדַיve/sha/DAYand my breastsכַּמִּגְדָּלוֹתkam/mig/da/LOTlike towersאָזazthenהָיִיתִיha/YI/tiI wasבְעֵינָיוve/e/NAYVin his eyesכְּמוֹצְאֵתke/mots/ETas one that foundשָׁלוֹם׃sha/LOMpeace

    I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.

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    כֶּרֶםKE/rema vineyardהָיָהha/YAwasלִשְׁלֹמֹהLish/lo/MOto Solomonבְּבַעַלbe/VA/alat Baal-הָמוֹןha/MONhamonנָתַןna/TANhe let outאֶת־הַכֶּרֶםet-hak/KE/remthe vineyardלַנֹּטְרִיםlan/not/RIMto keepersאִישׁishevery oneיָבִאya/VIwas to bringבְּפִרְיוֹbe/fir/YOfor its fruitאֶלֶףE/lefa thousandכָּסֶף׃KA/sefpieces of silver

    Solomon had a vineyard at Baal-hamon; he let out the vineyard unto keepers; every one for the fruit thereof was to bring a thousand pieces of silver.

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    כַּרְמִיkar/MImy vineyardשֶׁלִּיshel/LImy ownלְפָנָיle/fa/NAYbefore meהָאֶלֶףha/E/lefthe thousandלְךָle/KHAfor youשְׁלֹמֹהShe/lo/MOO Solomonוּמָאתַיִםu/ma/TA/yimand two hundredלְנֹטְרִיםle/not/RIMfor those that keepאֶת־פִּרְיוֹ׃et-pir/YOhis fruit

    My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

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    הַיּוֹשֶׁבֶתhay/yo/SHE/vetyou that dwellבַּגַּנִּיםbag/gan/NIMin the gardensחֲבֵרִיםcha/ve/RIMthe companionsמַקְשִׁיבִיםmak/shi/VIMhearkenלְקוֹלֵךְle/ko/LEKHfor your voiceהַשְׁמִיעִנִי׃hash/mi/I/nilet me hear it

    Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear it.

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    בְּרַחbe/RACHfleeדּוֹדִיdo/DIO my belovedוּדְמֵה־לְךָu/de/ME-le/KHAand be likeלִצְבִיlits/VIto a gazelleאוֹoorלְעֹפֶרle/O/ferto the fawn ofהָאַיָּלִיםha/ay/ya/LIMthe hartsעַלaluponהָרֵיha/REthe mountains ofבְשָׂמִים׃ve/sa/MIMspices

    Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like to a roe or to a young hart upon the mountains of spices.