Song of Solomon 6

1 Whither is thy friend gone, O fairest of women? whither hath thy friend turned himself? that we may seek him with thee?—

where? to go: went beloved your [the] beautiful in/on/with woman where? to turn beloved your and to seek him with you

2 My beloved is gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

beloved my to go down to/for garden his to/for bed [the] spice to/for to pasture in/on/with garden and to/for to gather lily

3 I am my friend's, and my friend is mine: he that feedeth among the lilies.—

I to/for beloved my and beloved my to/for me [the] to pasture (in/on/with lily *L(abh)*)

4 Thou art beautiful, O my beloved, like Thirzah, comely like Jerusalem, terrible as armies encamped round their banners.

beautiful you(f. s.) darling my like/as Tirzah lovely like/as Jerusalem terrible like/as to set a banner

5 Turn away thy eyes from me, for they have excited me: thy hair is like a flock of goats that come quietly down from mount Gil'ad.

to turn: repell eye your from before me which/that they(masc.) to be assertive me hair your like/as flock [the] goat which/that to step down from [the] Gilead

6 Thy teeth are like a flock of ewes which are come up from the washing, all of which bear twins, and there is not one among them that is deprived of her young.

tooth your like/as flock [the] ewe which/that to ascend: rise from [the] washing which/that all their be double and childless nothing in/on/with them

7 Like the half of the pomegranate is the upper part of thy cheek behind thy vail.

like/as millstone [the] pomegranate temple your from about/through/for to/for veil your

8 Sixty are the queens, and eighty the concubines, and the young women without number;

sixty they(masc.) queen and eighty concubine and maiden nothing number

9 But one alone is my dove, my guiltless one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the chosen of her that bore her: maidens see her, and call her happy; yea, queens and concubines, and praise her.

one he/she/it dove my complete my one he/she/it to/for mother her pure he/she/it to/for to beget her to see: see her daughter and to bless her queen and concubine and to boast: praise her

10 Who is this that shineth forth like the morning-dawn, beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as armies encamped round their banners?

who? this [the] to look like dawn beautiful like/as moon pure like/as heat terrible like/as to set a banner

11 Into the nut-garden was I gone down, to look about among the plants of the valley, to see whether the vine had blossomed, whether the pomegranates had budded.

to(wards) garden nut to go down to/for to see: see in/on/with greenery [the] torrent: valley to/for to see: see to sprout [the] vine to bud [the] pomegranate

12 I knew not [how it was], my soul made me [like] the chariots of my noble people.

not to know soul: appetite my to set: make me chariot (people noble *L(a+V)*)

13 Return, return, O Shulammith; return, return, that we may look upon thee. “What will ye see in the Shulammith?” As though it were the dance of a double company.

to return: return to return: return [the] Shulammites to return: return to return: return and to see in/on/with you what? to see in/on/with Shulammites like/as dance [the] camp