Song of Solomon 3

1 upon bed my in/on/with night to seek [obj] which/that to love: lover soul my to seek him and not to find him

On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.

2 to arise: rise please and to turn: surround in/on/with city in/on/with street and in/on/with street/plaza to seek [obj] which/that to love: lover soul my to seek him and not to find him

I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.

3 to find me [the] to keep: guard [the] to turn: surround in/on/with city [obj] which/that to love: lover soul my to see: see

I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”

4 like/as little which/that to pass from them till which/that to find [obj] which/that to love: lover soul my to grasp him and not to slacken him till which/that to come (in): bring him to(wards) house: home mother my and to(wards) chamber to conceive me

I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.

5 to swear [obj] you daughter Jerusalem in/on/with gazelle or in/on/with doe [the] land: country if: surely no to rouse and if: surely no to rouse [obj] [the] love till which/that to delight in

O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

6 who? this to ascend: rise from [the] wilderness like/as column smoke to offer: to perfume myrrh and frankincense from all aromatic powder to trade

Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?

7 behold bed his which/that to/for Solomon sixty mighty man around to/for her from mighty man Israel

Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.

8 all their to grasp sword to learn: teach battle man: anyone sword his upon thigh his from dread (in/on/with night *L(abh)*)

All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.

9 carriage to make to/for him [the] king Solomon from tree: wood [the] Lebanon

King Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon.

10 pillar his to make silver: money back his gold chariot his purple midst his to fit love from daughter Jerusalem

He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.

11 to come out: come and to see: see daughter Zion in/on/with king Solomon in/on/with crown which/that to crown to/for him mother his in/on/with day marriage his and in/on/with day joy heart his

Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown his mother bestowed on the day of his wedding— the day of his heart’s rejoicing.