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Song of Solomon 1

Hebrew — Westminster Leningrad Codex · 17 verses

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  1. 1

    שִׁ֥יר הַשִּׁירִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִשְׁלֹמֹֽה

    song of · the songs · which · to/for Solomon

  2. 2

    יִשָּׁקֵ֨נִי֙ מִנְּשִׁיק֣וֹת פִּ֔יהוּ כִּֽי טוֹבִ֥ים דֹּדֶ֖יךָ מִיָּֽיִן

    to kiss me · from kisses of · mouth his · that · good · love your · from wine

  3. 3

    לְרֵ֨יחַ֙ שְׁמָנֶ֣יךָ טוֹבִ֔ים שֶׁ֖מֶן תּוּרַ֣ק שְׁמֶ֑ךָ עַל כֵּ֖ן עֲלָמ֥וֹת אֲהֵבֽוּךָ

    to/for fragrance · fat your · good · fat · to empty · name your · upon · thus · virgins · to love you

    Septuagint runs longer here

  4. 4

    מָשְׁכֵ֖נִי אַחֲרֶ֣יךָ נָּר֑וּצָה הֱבִיאַ֨נִי הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ חֲדָרָ֗יו נָגִ֤ילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָה֙ בָּ֔ךְ נַזְכִּ֤ירָה דֹדֶ֨יךָ֙ מִיַּ֔יִן מֵישָׁרִ֖ים אֲהֵבֽוּךָ

    draw me · after you · to run · to enter me · the king · chambers his · to rejoice · and to rejoice · in/at you · to remember · love your · from wine · uprightness · to love you

  5. 5

    שְׁחוֹרָ֤ה אֲנִי֙ וְֽנָאוָ֔ה בְּנ֖וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם כְּאָהֳלֵ֣י קֵדָ֔ר כִּירִיע֖וֹת שְׁלֹמֹֽה

    black · I · and comely · daughters of · Jerusalem · like/as tents of · Kedar · like/as curtains of · Solomon

  6. 6

    אַל תִּרְא֨וּנִי֙ שֶׁאֲנִ֣י שְׁחַרְחֹ֔רֶת שֶׁשֱּׁזָפַ֖תְנִי הַשָּׁ֑מֶשׁ בְּנֵ֧י אִמִּ֣י נִֽחֲרוּ בִ֗י שָׂמֻ֨נִי֙ נֹטֵרָ֣ה אֶת הַכְּרָמִ֔ים כַּרְמִ֥י שֶׁלִּ֖י לֹ֥א נָטָֽרְתִּי

    not · to see me · who/which I · blackish · who/which to see me · the sun · sons of · mother my · to burn · in/at me · to put me · keeping · - · the vineyards · vineyard my · who/which to/for me · not · to keep

  7. 7

    הַגִּ֣ידָה לִּ֗י שֶׁ֤אָהֲבָה֙ נַפְשִׁ֔י אֵיכָ֣ה תִרְעֶ֔ה אֵיכָ֖ה תַּרְבִּ֣יץ בַּֽצָּהֳרָ֑יִם שַׁלָּמָ֤ה אֶֽהְיֶה֙ כְּעֹ֣טְיָ֔ה עַ֖ל עֶדְרֵ֥י חֲבֵרֶֽיךָ

    make known · to/for me · who/which to love · soul my · how · to shepherd · how · to lie down · in/at the noon · who/which to/for what · to be · like/as covering · upon · flocks of · companions your

  8. 8

    אִם לֹ֤א תֵדְעִי֙ לָ֔ךְ הַיָּפָ֖ה בַּנָּשִׁ֑ים צְֽאִי לָ֞ךְ בְּעִקְבֵ֣י הַצֹּ֗אן וּרְעִי֙ אֶת גְּדִיֹּתַ֔יִךְ עַ֖ל מִשְׁכְּנ֥וֹת הָרֹעִֽים

    if · not · to know · to/for you · the beautiful · in/at the women · go out · to/for you · in/at heels of · the flock · and shepherd · - · kids your · upon · dwelling places of · the shepherding

  9. 9

    לְסֻסָתִי֙ בְּרִכְבֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה דִּמִּיתִ֖יךְ רַעְיָתִֽי

    to/for mare my · in/at chariots of · Pharaoh · to resemble you · attendant my

  10. 10

    נָאו֤וּ לְחָיַ֨יִךְ֙ בַּתֹּרִ֔ים צַוָּארֵ֖ךְ בַּחֲרוּזִֽים

    to be comely · jaws your · in/at the plaits · neck your · in/at the necklaces

  11. 11

    תּוֹרֵ֤י זָהָב֙ נַעֲשֶׂה לָּ֔ךְ עִ֖ם נְקֻדּ֥וֹת הַכָּֽסֶף

    plaits of · gold · to do · to/for you · with · drops of · the silver

  12. 12

    עַד שֶׁ֤הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ בִּמְסִבּ֔וֹ נִרְדִּ֖י נָתַ֥ן רֵיחֽוֹ

    until · who/which the king · in/at surroundings his · spikenard my · to give · fragrance his

  13. 13

    צְר֨וֹר הַמֹּ֤ר דּוֹדִי֙ לִ֔י בֵּ֥ין שָׁדַ֖י יָלִֽין

    bundle of · the myrrh · beloved my · to/for me · between · breasts my · to lodge

  14. 14

    אֶשְׁכֹּ֨ל הַכֹּ֤פֶר דּוֹדִי֙ לִ֔י בְּכַרְמֵ֖י עֵ֥ין גֶּֽדִי

    cluster of · the ransom · beloved my · to/for me · in/at vineyards of · En-gedi · En-gedi

  15. 15

    הִנָּ֤ךְ יָפָה֙ רַעְיָתִ֔י הִנָּ֥ךְ יָפָ֖ה עֵינַ֥יִךְ יוֹנִֽים

    behold you · beautiful · attendant my · behold you · beautiful · eyes your · doves

  16. 16

    הִנְּךָ֨ יָפֶ֤ה דוֹדִי֙ אַ֣ף נָעִ֔ים אַף עַרְשֵׂ֖נוּ רַעֲנָנָֽה

    behold you · beautiful · beloved my · also · pleasant · also · couch our · luxuriant

  17. 17

    קֹר֤וֹת בָּתֵּ֨ינוּ֙ אֲרָזִ֔ים רחיטנו רַהִיטֵ֖נוּ בְּרוֹתִֽים

    beams of · houses our · cedars · rafters our · rafters our · cypresses

About this chapter

  • 17 Verses
  • 151 Hebrew words
  • 108 Distinct lemmas

1 verse here runs noticeably shorter or longer in the Septuagint than in the Hebrew (the Greek is longer) — 1:3. Open any to read the two side by side.

Measured from the length of the two English translations (the LXX English for the Greek), which tokenize alike — a rough divergence signal, not a word-level alignment or a claim about wording. How the Septuagint differs →

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