Song of Solomon 3
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
2I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
3The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?
4It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.
5I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.
6Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
7Behold his bed, which is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.
8They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.
9King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
10He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
11Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- אֵתʼêthH8536× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- בָּקַשׁbâqashH12454× in this chapter
to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive after
- אָהַבʼâhabH1574× in this chapter
to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
- מָצָאmâtsâʼH46724× in this chapter
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
- נֶפֶשׁnepheshH53154× in this chapter
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- בַּתbathH13233× in this chapter
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
- לֹאlôʼH38083× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- עַדʻadH57043× in this chapter
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
- שְׁלֹמֹהShᵉlômôhH80103× in this chapter
Shelomah, David's successor
- גִּבּוֹרgibbôwrH13682× in this chapter
powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
- אַהֲבָהʼahăbâhH1602× in this chapter
{affection (in a good or a bad sense)}
- אָחַזʼâchazH2702× in this chapter
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
- חֶרֶבcherebH27192× in this chapter
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
- יוֹםyôwmH31172× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
- יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִםYᵉrûwshâlaimH33892× in this chapter
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
- כֹּלkôlH36052× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- לַיִלlayilH39152× in this chapter
properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
- אֵלʼêlH4132× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- מֶלֶךְmelekH44282× in this chapter
a king
- אֵםʼêmH5172× in this chapter
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
- אִםʼimH5182× in this chapter
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
- סָבַבçâbabH54372× in this chapter
to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
- עוּרʻûwrH57822× in this chapter
to wake (literally or figuratively)
- עִירʻîyrH58922× in this chapter
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
- עַלʻalH59212× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62132× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- רָאָהrâʼâhH72002× in this chapter
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- בַּיִתbayithH10041× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- אוֹʼôwH1761× in this chapter
desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
- הִנֵּהhinnêhH20091× in this chapter
lo!
- הָרָהhârâhH20291× in this chapter
to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
- זֹאתzôʼthH20631× in this chapter
this (often used adverb)
- זָהָבzâhâbH20911× in this chapter
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
- חֶדֶרchederH23151× in this chapter
an apartment (usually literal)
- חָפֵץchâphêtsH26541× in this chapter
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
- חֲתֻנָּהchăthunnâhH28611× in this chapter
a wedding
- יָצָאyâtsâʼH33181× in this chapter
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
- יָרֵךְyârêkH34091× in this chapter
the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34781× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- אַיָּלָהʼayâlâhH3551× in this chapter
a doe or female deer