Song of Solomon 6

Song of Solomon · Chapter 6

Song of Solomon 6:5

King James Version (1769)

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VerseKJVBSBASV
5Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.Turn your eyes away from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.Turn away thine eyes from me, For they have overcome me. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, That lie along the side of Gilead.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
turnהָסֵ֤בִּיha-SE-biH5437J
to turn: turn

סָבַב (sa.vav) : turn/bring_around 1) to turn, turn about or around or aside or back or towards, go about or around, surround, encircle, change direction 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn, turn about, be brought round, change 1a2) to march or walk around, go partly around, circle about, skirt, make a round, make a circuit, go about to, surround, encompass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to turn oneself, close round, turn round 1b2) to be turned over to 1c) (Piel) to turn about, change, transform 1d) (Poel) 1d1) to encompass, surround 1d2) to come about, assemble round 1d3) to march, go about 1d4) to enclose, envelop 1e) (Hiphil) …

eyes yourעֵינַ֙יִךְ֙'ei-NA-yikhH5869A
eye

עַ֫יִן (a.yin) : eye 1) eye 1a) eye 1a1) of physical eye 1a2) as showing mental qualities 1a3) of mental and spiritual faculties (fig.)

from before meמִנֶּגְדִּ֔יmi-neg-DIH5048
before

נֶ֫גֶד (ne.ged) subst 1) what is conspicuous, what is in front of adv 2) in front of, straight forward, before, in sight of 3) in front of oneself, straightforward 4) before your face, in your view or purpose with prep 5) what is in front of, corresponding to 6) in front of, before 7) in the sight or presence of 8) parallel to 9) over, for 10) in front, opposite 11) at a distance prep 12) from the front of, away from 13) from before the eyes of, opposite to, at a distance from 14) from before, in front of 15) as far as the front of Aramaic equivalent: ne.ged (נֶ֫גֶד "before" H5049)

that theyשֶׁ֥הֵ֖םshe-HEMH1992
they

אִנּוּן (in.nun) these, those, they Aramaic of hem.mah (הֵ֫מָּה "they(masc.)" H1992)

they have confused meהִרְהִיבֻ֑נִיhir-hi-VU-niH7292
to be assertive

רָהַב (ra.hav) 1) to behave proudly, act stormily or boisterously or arrogantly 1a) (Qal) to act insolently, storm against, beset, importune 1b) (Hiphil) to disturb, alarm, awe, confuse, make bold or proud

hair yourשַׂעְרֵךְ֙sa'-reKhH8181
hair

שְׂעַר (se.ar) hair (of head) Aramaic of se.ar (שֵׂעָר "hair" H8181)

[is] like [the] flock ofכְּעֵ֣דֶרke-'E-derH5739
flock

עֵ֫דֶר (e.der) 1) flock, herd 1a) flock 1b) herds, flocks and herds

the she-goatsהָֽעִזִּ֔יםha-'i-ZIMH5795
goat

עֵז (ez) female goat, she-goat, goat, kid Aramaic equivalent: ez (עֵז "goat" H5796)

that they have descendedשֶׁגָּלְשׁ֖וּshe-gal-SHUH1570
to step down

גָּלַשׁ (ga.lash) 1) to sit, sit up, (possibly also) recline 1a) (Qal) 1a1) of flocks of goats 1a2) of a woman's hair (simile)

fromמִן־min-H4480A
from

מִן־ (min) prep 1) from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than 1a) from (expressing separation), off, on the side of 1b) out of 1b1) (with verbs of proceeding, removing, expelling) 1b2) (of material from which something is made) 1b3) (of source or origin) 1c) out of, some of, from (partitively) 1d) from, since, after (of time) 1e) than, more than (in comparison) 1f) from...even to, both...and, either...or 1g) than, more than, too much for (in comparisons) 1h) from, on account of, through, because (with infinitive) conj 2) that …

the Gileadהַגִּלְעָֽד׃ha-gil-'ADH1568G
Gilead

גִּלְעָד (gil.ad) Gilead = "rocky region" a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called 'Mount Gilead' or the 'land of Gilead' or just 'Gilead'. Divided into north and south Gilead Also named: gil.a.di (גִּלְעָדִי "Gileadite" H1569)

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