Song of Solomon 6

Song of Solomon · Chapter 6

Song of Solomon 6:10

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
10Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, Fair as the moon, Clear as the sun, Terrible as an army with banners?

In context

Who is speaking and to whom, what is happening, when and where, and why it matters, each with its sources. Coming with the context cards.

Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
who?מִי־mi-H4310
who?

מִי (mi) who?, whose?, whom?, would that, whoever, whosoever

thisזֹ֥אתzotH2063
this

זֹאת (zot) 1) this, this one, here, which, this...that, the one...the other, such 1a) (alone) 1a1) this one 1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another 1b) (appos to subst) 1b1) this 1c) (as predicate) 1c1) this, such 1d) (enclitically) 1d1) then 1d2) who, whom 1d3) how now, what now 1d4) what now 1d5) wherefore now 1d6) behold here 1d7) just now 1d8) now, now already 1e) (poetry) 1e1) wherein, which, those who 1f) (with prefixes) 1f1) in this (place) here, then 1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter 1f3) thus and thus …

[is] the [one who] looks downהַנִּשְׁקָפָ֖הha-nish-ka-FAHH8259
to look

שָׁקַף (sha.qaph) 1) to overlook, look down or out, overhang, look out and down 1a) (Niphal) to lean over (and look), look down 1b) (Hiphil) to look down, look down upon

likeכְּמוֹ־ke-mov-H3644G
like

כְּמוֹ (ke.mo) adv 1) like, as, the like of which conj 2) when, according as, as it were

[the] dawnשָׁ֑חַרSHA-charH7837
dawn

שַׁ֫חַר (sha.char) 1) dawn 1a) dawn 1b) at dawn (as adverb)

beautifulיָפָ֣הya-FAHH3303
beautiful

יָפֶה (ya.pheh) fair, beautiful, handsome

like the full moonכַלְּבָנָ֗הkha-le-va-NAHH3842
moon

לְבָנָה (le.va.nah) moon (as white)

pureבָּרָה֙ba-RAHH1249
pure

בַּר (bar) adj 1) pure, clear, sincere 2) clean, empty adv 3) purely

like the sunכַּֽחַמָּ֔הka-cha-MAHH2535
heat

חַמָּה (cham.mah) sun, heat of the sun, heat

majesticאֲיֻמָּ֖ה'a-yu-MAHH0366
terrible

אָיֹם (a.yom) terrible, dreadful

like the hosts with bannersכַּנִּדְגָּלֽוֹת׃ סka-nid-ga-LOTH1713B
to set a banner

דָּגַל (da.gal) 1) to carry a banner or standard, set up banner or standard 1a)(Qal) to set up standard (in battle) 1b) (Niphal) supplied with banners, bannered

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