Chapter 3
Song of Solomon 3:1
| מצאתי ו | ו לא | בקשתי ו | נפש י | ש אהבה | את | בקשתי | ב לילות | משכב י | על |
| I have found him | and not | I searched for himself | the breath/soul of myself | whom she has loved | את-self eternal | I searched | in the Nights | bed of myself | upon/against/yoke |
9016 | None Definition: verseEnd Root: None Exhaustive: None 9033 | ו None Definition: him, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 3rd person masculine singular Root: None Exhaustive: Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 3rd person masculine singular 4672 מצא mâtsâʼ Definition: properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present Root: a primitive root; Exhaustive: a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present; [phrase] be able, befall, being, catch, [idiom] certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), [idiom] have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), [idiom] occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on. | 3808 | לא lôʼ Definition: not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles Root: or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; Exhaustive: or לוא; or לה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without. 9002 ו None Definition: and Root: None Exhaustive: Conjunctive vav - i.e. followed by prefix, suffix or non-verb (conjunctive) (‘and/but’) | 9033 | ו None Definition: him, personal pronoun - verb/prep. 3rd person masculine singular Root: None Exhaustive: Personal object pronoun - suffix for propositions and verbs without an object: 3rd person masculine singular 1245 בקש bâqash Definition: to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after Root: a primitive root; Exhaustive: a primitive root; to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after; ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for). | 9020 | י None Definition: my, personal posessive - noun suffix: 1st person common singular Root: None Exhaustive: Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 1st person singular 5315 נפש nephesh Definition: properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) Root: from H5314 (נפש); Exhaustive: from נפש; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental); any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-) self, them (your) -selves, [phrase] slay, soul, [phrase] tablet, they, thing, ([idiom] she) will, [idiom] would have it. | 157 | אהב ʼâhab Definition: to have affection for (sexually or otherwise) Root: or אהב ; a primitive root; Exhaustive: or אהב ; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise); (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend. 9007 ש None Definition: which Root: Derived terms של (shel) של־ (shel'-) Exhaustive: who, which. An abbreviation used as a prefix.אשר | 853 את ʼêth Definition: properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) Root: apparent contracted from H226 (אות) in the demonstrative sense of entity; Exhaustive: apparent contracted from אות in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English). | 1245 בקש bâqash Definition: to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after Root: a primitive root; Exhaustive: a primitive root; to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after; ask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for). | 3915 | ליל layil Definition: properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity Root: or (Isaiah 21:11) ליל; also לילה; from the same as H3883 (לול); Exhaustive: or (Isaiah 21:11) ליל; also לילה; from the same as לול; properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity; (mid-)night (season). 9003 ב None Definition: in, by Root: None Exhaustive: in, at, against, on, among, with; according to, by, because of. prefix or inseparable preposition; combined with the definite article | 9020 | י None Definition: my, personal posessive - noun suffix: 1st person common singular Root: None Exhaustive: Personal posessive pronoun - suffix for nouns, adjectives and passive participles: 1st person singular 4904 משכב mishkâb Definition: a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse Root: from H7901 (שכב); Exhaustive: from שכב; a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse; bed(-chamber), couch, lieth (lying) with. | 9014 | ־ None Definition: link Root: None Exhaustive: None 5921a על ʻal Definition: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications Root: properly, the same as H5920 (על) used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); Exhaustive: properly, the same as על used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with. |
RBT Hebrew Literal:
upon bed of myself in the Nights I searched את-self eternal whom she has loved the breath of myself I searched for himself and not I have found him
RBT Paraphrase:
Searching in her Sleep
Upon the bed of myself, within the Nights, I searched for the self-eternal one who has loved her,1 the soul of myself. I searched for himself, and I did not find him! "Have you seen him,
I don't know where they put him.
I have not found him...""Wake up!"
I don't know where they put him.
I have not found him...""Wake up!"
Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
Upon my bed in the night I sought him whom my soul loved: I sought him, and I found him not.
Upon my bed in the night I sought him whom my soul loved: I sought him, and I found him not.
LITV Translation:
By night on my bed I sought Him whom my soul loves. I sought Him, but I did not find Him.
By night on my bed I sought Him whom my soul loves. I sought Him, but I did not find Him.
ESV Translation:
On my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not.
On my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but found him not.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he hearkened not to me.
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he hearkened not to me.
Footnotes
| Sng. 3:1 | ש when prefixed to a verb is a relative pronoun that means "who," "which," or "that." It is used to introduce a relative clause that gives more information about a noun. When ש (she-) is used as a prefix in Hebrew, it is a relative pronoun that introduces a relative clause, and it does not indicate the object of the verb. Rather, it is used to connect the clause to a noun or pronoun (the antecedent) that the clause modifies. Hence the translation of "she loved," which would be correct for אהבה is not correct for שאהבה "who loved her." In Genesis 24:67 we find this same construct in the incomplete form, ויאהבה "and he is loving her," ה- being the suffix for the feminine object.
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