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

To where has your beloved gone, O beautiful among women? To where has your beloved turned, And we 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 went down to his garden, To the beds of the spice, To delight himself 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, Who is delighting himself 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 friend, as Tirzah, lovely as Jerusalem, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts.

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 around your eyes from before me, Because they have made me proud. Your hair [is] as a row of the goats, That have shone from 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 as a row of the lambs, That have come up from the washing, Because all of them are forming twins, And a bereaved one is not among them.

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

As the work of the pomegranate [is] your temple behind your veil.

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

Sixty are queens, and 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

One is my dove, my perfect one, She [is] one of her mother, She [is] the choice one of her that bore her, Daughters saw, and pronounce her blessed, Queens and concubines, and they praise 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] this that is looking forth as morning, Beautiful as the moon—clear as the sun, Awe-inspiring as bannered hosts?”

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

To a garden of nuts I went down, To look on the buds of the valley, To see to where the vine had flourished, The pomegranates had blossomed—

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

I did not know my soul, It made me—chariots of my people Nadib.

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, O Shulammith! Return, return, and we look on you. What do you see in Shulammith?