Song of Solomon 3

Song of Solomon · Chapter 3

Song of Solomon 3:10

1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.2I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.3The watchmen that go about the city found me: to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?4It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me.5I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.6Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?7Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.8They all hold swords, being expert in war: every man hath his sword upon his thigh because of fear in the night.9King Solomon made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.10He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.11Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
10He made the pillars thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, the midst thereof being paved with love, for the daughters of 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.He made the pillars thereof of silver, The bottom thereof of gold, the seat of it of purple, The midst thereof being paved with love, From the daughters of Jerusalem.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
posts itsעַמּוּדָיו֙'a-mu-DAVH5982G
pillar

עַמּוּד (am.mud) 1) pillar, column 1a) pillar 1b) column, upright 1c) column (of smoke)

he madeעָ֣שָׂה'A-sahH6213H
to make

עֲבַד (a.vad) 1) to make, do 1a)(P'al) 1a1) to make, create 1a2) to do, perform 1b) (Ithp'al) 1b1) to be made into 1b2) to be done, be wrought, be performed, be executed, be carried out

silverכֶ֔סֶףKHE-sefH3701G
silver: money

כֶּ֫סֶף (ke.seph) : money/payment/silver 1) silver, money 1a) silver 1a1) as metal 1a2) as ornament 1a3) as colour 1b) money, shekels, talents

back itsרְפִידָת֣וֹre-fi-da-TOH7507
back

רְפִידָה (re.phi.dah) support

goldזָהָ֔בza-HAVH2091
gold

דְּהַב (de.hav) gold Aramaic of za.hav (זָהָב "gold" H2091)

seat itsמֶרְכָּב֖וֹmer-ka-VOH4817
chariot

מֶרְכָּב (mer.kav) 1) chariot, place to ride, riding seat 1a) chariot 1b) seat (of a litter), saddle

purple woolאַרְגָּמָ֑ן'ar-ga-MANH0713
purple

אַרְגָּמָן (ar.ga.man) purple, red-purple

middle itsתּוֹכוֹ֙to-KHOH8432
midst

תָּ֫וֶךְ (ta.vekh) 1) midst, middle 1a) midst, middle 1b) into, through (after verbs of motion) 1c) among (of a number of persons) 1d) between (of things arranged by twos) 1e) from among (as to take or separate etc)

[was] fitted outרָצ֣וּףra-TZUFH7528
to fit

רָצַף (ra.tsaph) 1) to fit together, fit out, pattern 1a) (Qal) to be fitted out, design

leatherאַהֲבָ֔ה'a-ha-VAHH0160
love

אַהֲבָה (a.ha.vah) 1) love 1a) human love for human object 1a1) of man toward man 1a2) of man toward himself 1a3) between man and woman 1a4) sexual desire 2) God's love to His people

from [the] daughters ofמִבְּנ֖וֹתmi-be-NOTH1323G
daughter

בַּת (bat) : daughter 1) daughter 1a) daughter, girl, adopted daughter, daughter-in-law, sister, granddaughters, female child, cousin 1a1) as polite address 1a2) as designation of women of a particular place 2) young women, women 1a3) as personification 1a4) daughter-villages 1a5) description of character Also means: bat (בַּת ": village" H1323H)

Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ye-ru-sha-LIMH3389
Ariel

אֲרִיאֵל (a.ri.el) Ariel = "lion of God" or "lioness of God" Another name of ye.ru.sha.laim (יְרוּשָׁלִַ֫ם, יְרוּשְׁלֵם "Jerusalem" H3389)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.