Song of Solomon 6

Song of Solomon · Chapter 6

Song of Solomon 6:4

1Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? that we may seek him with thee.2My beloved is gone down into his garden, to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, and to gather lilies.3I am my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.4Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.5Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.6Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and there is not one barren among them.7As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.8There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.9My dove, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.10Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners?11I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.12Or ever I was aware, my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib.13Return, return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company of two armies.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
4Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army with banners.You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.Thou art fair, O my love, as Tirzah, Comely as Jerusalem, Terrible as an army with banners.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
[are] beautifulיָפָ֨הya-FAHH3303
beautiful

יָפֶה (ya.pheh) fair, beautiful, handsome

youאַ֤תְּ'atH0859C
you(f.s.)

אַתְּ (at.te) you (second pers. sing. fem.) A grammatical form of at.tah (אַתָּ֫ה "you(m.s.)" H0859A)

O friend myרַעְיָתִי֙ra'-ya-TIH7474
darling

רַעְיָה (ra.yah) attendant maidens, companion

like Tirzahכְּתִרְצָ֔הke-tir-TZAHH8656H
Tirzah

תִּרְצָה (tir.tsah) § Tirzah = "favourable" one of the kingdoms on the west of the Jordan conquered by Joshua and the Israelites a Canaanite city, later capital of the northern kingdom of Israel

lovelyנָאוָ֖הna-VAHH5000
lovely

נָאוֶה (na.eh) 1) comely, beautiful, seemly 1a) comely, beautiful 1b) seemly

like Jerusalemכִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םki-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)

majesticאֲיֻמָּ֖ה'a-yu-MAHH0366
terrible

אָיֹם (a.yom) terrible, dreadful

like the hosts with bannersכַּנִּדְגָּלֽוֹת׃ka-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.