Song of Solomon 3
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1
עַל מִשְׁכָּבִי֙ בַּלֵּיל֔וֹת בִּקַּ֕שְׁתִּי אֵ֥ת שֶׁאָהֲבָ֖ה נַפְשִׁ֑י בִּקַּשְׁתִּ֖יו וְלֹ֥א מְצָאתִֽיו
upon · bed my · in/at the nights · to seek · - · who/which to love · soul my · to seek him · and not · to find him
Septuagint runs longer here
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2
אָק֨וּמָה נָּ֜א וַאֲסוֹבְבָ֣ה בָעִ֗יר בַּשְּׁוָקִים֙ וּבָ֣רְחֹב֔וֹת אֲבַקְשָׁ֕ה אֵ֥ת שֶׁאָהֲבָ֖ה נַפְשִׁ֑י בִּקַּשְׁתִּ֖יו וְלֹ֥א מְצָאתִֽיו
to rise · please · and to turn around · in/at the city · in/at the streets · and in/at the plazas · to seek · - · who/which to love · soul my · to seek him · and not · to find him
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3
מְצָא֨וּנִי֙ הַשֹּׁ֣מְרִ֔ים הַסֹּבְבִ֖ים בָּעִ֑יר אֵ֛ת שֶׁאָהֲבָ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֖י רְאִיתֶֽם
to find me · the keeping · the turning around · in/at the city · - · who/which to love · soul my · to see
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4
כִּמְעַט֙ שֶׁעָבַ֣רְתִּי מֵהֶ֔ם עַ֣ד שֶֽׁמָּצָ֔אתִי אֵ֥ת שֶׁאָהֲבָ֖ה נַפְשִׁ֑י אֲחַזְתִּיו֙ וְלֹ֣א אַרְפֶּ֔נּוּ עַד שֶׁ֤הֲבֵיאתִיו֙ אֶל בֵּ֣ית אִמִּ֔י וְאֶל חֶ֖דֶר הוֹרָתִֽי
like/as few · who/which to pass over · from them · until · who/which to find · - · who/which to love · soul my · to grasp him · and not · to relax him · until · who/which to enter him · to · house of · mother my · and to · chamber of · conceiving me
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5
הִשְׁבַּ֨עְתִּי אֶתְכֶ֜ם בְּנ֤וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ בִּצְבָא֔וֹת א֖וֹ בְּאַיְל֣וֹת הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה אִם תָּעִ֧ירוּ וְֽאִם תְּעֽוֹרְר֛וּ אֶת הָאַהֲבָ֖ה עַ֥ד שֶׁתֶּחְפָּֽץ
to swear · - you · daughters of · Jerusalem · in/at gazelles · or · in/at does of · the field · if · to awake · and if · to awake · - · the love · until · who/which to delight in
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6
מִ֣י זֹ֗את עֹלָה֙ מִן הַמִּדְבָּ֔ר כְּתִֽימֲר֖וֹת עָשָׁ֑ן מְקֻטֶּ֤רֶת מוֹר֙ וּלְבוֹנָ֔ה מִכֹּ֖ל אַבְקַ֥ת רוֹכֵֽל
who · this · going up · from · the wilderness · like/as pillars of · smoke · burnt incense · myrrh · and frankincense · from all of · powder of · trader
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7
הִנֵּ֗ה מִטָּתוֹ֙ שֶׁלִּשְׁלֹמֹ֔ה שִׁשִּׁ֥ים גִּבֹּרִ֖ים סָבִ֣יב לָ֑הּ מִגִּבֹּרֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
behold · bed his · who/which to/for Solomon · sixty · mighty · round about · to/for her · from mighty of · Israel
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8
כֻּלָּם֙ אֲחֻ֣זֵי חֶ֔רֶב מְלֻמְּדֵ֖י מִלְחָמָ֑ה אִ֤ישׁ חַרְבּוֹ֙ עַל יְרֵכ֔וֹ מִפַּ֖חַד בַּלֵּילּֽוֹת
all their · grasped · sword · learned · battle · man · sword his · upon · thigh his · from terror · in/at the nights
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9
אַפִּרְי֗וֹן עָ֤שָׂה לוֹ֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה מֵעֲצֵ֖י הַלְּבָנֽוֹן
sedan · to do · to/for him · the king · Solomon · from trees of · the Lebanon
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10
עַמּוּדָיו֙ עָ֣שָׂה כֶ֔סֶף רְפִידָת֣וֹ זָהָ֔ב מֶרְכָּב֖וֹ אַרְגָּמָ֑ן תּוֹכוֹ֙ רָצ֣וּף אַהֲבָ֔ה מִבְּנ֖וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
pillars his · to do · silver · support his · gold · chariot his · purple · midst his · fitted · love · from daughters of · Jerusalem
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11
צְאֶ֧ינָה וּֽרְאֶ֛ינָה בְּנ֥וֹת צִיּ֖וֹן בַּמֶּ֣לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה בָּעֲטָרָ֗ה שֶׁעִטְּרָה לּ֤וֹ אִמּוֹ֙ בְּי֣וֹם חֲתֻנָּת֔וֹ וּבְי֖וֹם שִׂמְחַ֥ת לִבּֽוֹ
go out · and see · daughters of · Zion · in/at the king · Solomon · in/at the crown · who/which to crown · to/for him · mother his · in/at day of · marriage his · and in/at day of · joy of · heart his
About this chapter
- 11 Verses
- 133 Hebrew words
- 86 Distinct lemmas
1 verse here runs noticeably shorter or longer in the Septuagint than in the Hebrew (the Greek is longer) — 3:1. 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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