Song of Solomon 5

Song of Solomon · Chapter 5

Song of Solomon 5:3

1I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.2I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.3I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?4My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.5I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.6I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: my soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.7The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me, they wounded me; the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.8I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.9What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?10My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.11His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.12His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, and fitly set.13His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.14His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.15His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.16His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
3I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?I have taken off my robe— must I put it back on? I have washed my feet— must I soil them again?I have put off my garment; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
I have taken offפָּשַׁ֙טְתִּי֙pa-SHA-tiH6584
to strip

פָּשַׁט (pa.shat) 1) to strip, invade, strip off, make a dash, raid, spread out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to strip off, put off 1a2) to put off (one's shelter), make a dash 1b) (Piel) to strip 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to strip of 1c2) to strip off 1c3) to flay 1d) (Hithpael) to strip oneself of

tunic myכֻּתָּנְתִּ֔יku-ta-ne-TIH3801
tunic

כֻּתֹּ֫נֶת (ke.to.net) 1) tunic, under-garment 1a) a long shirt-like garment usually of linen

how?אֵיכָ֖כָה'ei-KHA-khahH0349C
how?

אֵיכָ֫כָה (e.kha.khah) how? Another spelling of ekh (אֵיךְ "how?" H0349A)

will I put on itאֶלְבָּשֶׁ֑נָּה'el-ba-SHE-nahH3847
to clothe

לָבֵשׁ (la.vash) 1) to dress, wear, clothe, put on clothing, be clothed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to put on clothes, be clothed, wear 1a2) to put on, be clothed with (fig.) 1b) (Pual) to be fully clothed 1c) (Hiphil) to clothe, array with, dress Aramaic equivalent: le.vash (לְבֵשׁ "to clothe" H3848)

I have washedרָחַ֥צְתִּיra-CHATZ-tiH7364
to wash: wash

רָחַץ (ra.chats) : wash 1) to wash, wash off, wash away, bathe 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to wash, wash off, wash away 1a2) to wash, bathe (oneself) 1b) (Pual) to be washed 1c) (Hithpael) to wash oneself 2a) (Hithpael Passive) to be regarded clean, trustworthy

feet myרַגְלַ֖יrag-LAIH7272
foot

רְגַל (re.gal) foot Aramaic of re.gel (רֶ֫גֶל "foot" H7272)

how?אֵיכָ֥כָה'ei-KHA-khahH0349C
how?

אֵיכָ֫כָה (e.kha.khah) how? Another spelling of ekh (אֵיךְ "how?" H0349A)

will I dirty themאֲטַנְּפֵֽם׃'a-ta-ne-FEMH2936
to soil

טָנַף (ta.naph) (Piel) to defile, soil

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