Song of Solomon 3

1 At night on my bed I was longing for him whom my soul loves; I looked for him, but I could not find him.

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

2 I said to myself, “I will get up and go through the city, through the streets and squares; I will search for him whom my soul loves.” I searched for him, but I did not find him.

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

3 The watchmen found me as they were making their rounds in the city. I asked them, “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”

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

4 It was only a little while after I had passed them that I found him whom my soul loves. I held him and would not let him go until I had brought him into my mother's house, into the bedroom of the one who had conceived me.

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

5 I want you to swear, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and the does of the fields, that you will not awaken or arouse love until she pleases.

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

6 What is that coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the powders sold by merchants?

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

7 Look, it is the bed of Solomon; sixty warriors surround it, sixty soldiers of Israel.

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

8 All of them are skilled with a sword and are experienced in warfare. Every man has his sword at his side, armed against the terrors of the night.

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

9 King Solomon made himself a sedan chair of the wood from Lebanon.

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

10 Its posts were made of silver; the back was made of gold, and the seat of purple cloth. Its interior was decorated with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.

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

11 Go out, daughters of Zion, and gaze on King Solomon, bearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on his wedding day, on the day of the joy of his heart.

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