Song of Solomon 3

Song of Solomon · Chapter 3

Song of Solomon 3:7

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
7Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.Behold, it is the litter of Solomon; Threescore mighty men are about it, Of the mighty men of Israel.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
there!הִנֵּ֗הhi-NEHH2009
behold

הִנֵּה (hin.neh) behold, lo, see, if

bed hisמִטָּתוֹ֙mi-ta-TOH4296
bed

מִטָּה (mit.tah) couch, bed, bier

which [belongs] to Solomonשֶׁלִּשְׁלֹמֹ֔הshe-lish-lo-MOHH8010
Jedidiah

יְדִידְיָה (ye.did.yah) A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.5.14; son of: David (H1732) and Bathsheba (H1339); brother of: Shammua (H8051H), Shobab (H7727) and Nathan (H5416); half-brother of: Amnon (H0550), Chileab (H3609), Absalom (H0053), Adonijah (H0138), Shephatiah (H8203), Ithream (H3507), Ibhar (H2984), Elishua (H0474), Nepheg (H5298H), Japhia (H3309I), Elishama (H0476H), Eliada (H0450), Eliphelet (H0467), Tamar (H8559H), Elpelet (H0467I), Nogah (H5052) and Jerimoth (H3406N); married to daughter_of_Pharaoh (H6547P) and Naamah (H5279A); …

sixtyשִׁשִּׁ֥יםshi-SHIMH8346
sixty

שִׁשִּׁים (shish.shim) sixty, three score Aramaic equivalent: shit.tin (שִׁתִּין "sixty" H8361)

warriorsגִּבֹּרִ֖יםgi-bo-RIMH1368
mighty man

גִּבּוֹר (gib.bor) adj 1) strong, mighty n m 2) strong man, brave man, mighty man

[are] aroundסָבִ֣יבsa-VIVH5439G
around

סָבִיב (sa.viv) : around/border subst 1) places round about, circuit, round about adv 2) in a circuit, a circuit, round about prep 3) in the circuit, from every side

some of [the] warriors ofמִגִּבֹּרֵ֖יmi-gi-bo-REIH1368
mighty man

גִּבּוֹר (gib.bor) adj 1) strong, mighty n m 2) strong man, brave man, mighty man

Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃YIS-ra-'ELH3478
Jacob

יַעֲקֹב (ya.a.qov) A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.25.26; son of: Isaac (H3327) and Rebekah (H7259); brother of: Esau (H6215); married to Rachel (H7354), Leah (H3812), Zilpah (H2153) and Bilhah (H1090A); father of: Reuben (H7205), Simeon (H8095), Levi (H3878), Judah (H3063), Dan (H1835H), Naphtali (H5321), Gad (H1410), Asher (H0836), Issachar (H3485), Zebulun (H2074), Dinah (H1783), Joseph (H3130) and Benjamin (H1144); also called Jacob frequently Another name of yis.ra.el (יִשְׂרָאֵל "Israel" H3478) § Jacob = "heel holder" or "supplanter" …

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