Song of Solomon 6

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

Where has your beloved gone, you fairest among women? Where has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?

2 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

My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

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

I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine. He browses among the lilies.

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

You are beautiful, my love, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, awesome as an army with banners.

5 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

Turn away your eyes from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats, that lie along the side of Gilead.

6 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

Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, which have come up from the washing, of which every one has twins; not one is bereaved among them.

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

Your temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind your veil.

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

There are sixty queens, eighty concubines, and virgins without number.

9 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

My dove, my perfect one, is unique. She is her mother’s only daughter. She is the favorite one of her who bore her. The daughters saw her, and called her blessed. The queens and the concubines saw her, and they praised her.

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

Who is she who looks out as the morning, beautiful as the moon, clear as the sun, and awesome as an army with banners?

11 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

I went down into the nut tree grove, to see the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine budded, and the pomegranates were in flower.

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

Without realizing it, my desire set me with my royal people’s chariots.

13 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

Return, return, Shulammite! Return, return, that we may gaze at you. Lover Why do you desire to gaze at the Shulammite, as at the dance of Mahanaim?