Song of Solomon 7

Song of Solomon · Chapter 7

Song of Solomon 7:8

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
8I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,I said, I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof: Let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, And the smell of thy breath like apples,

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
I sayאָמַ֙רְתִּי֙'a-MAR-tiH0559
to say

אָמַר (a.mar) 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch Aramaic equivalent: a.mar (אֲמַר "to say" H0560)

I will climb upאֶעֱלֶ֣ה'e-'e-LEHH5927G
to ascend: rise

עָלָה (a.lah) : rise/go 1) to go up, ascend, climb 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go up, ascend 1a2) to meet, visit, follow, depart, withdraw, retreat 1a3) to go up, come up (of animals) 1a4) to spring up, grow, shoot forth (of vegetation) 1a5) to go up, go up over, rise (of natural phenomenon) 1a6) to come up (before God) 1a7) to go up, go up over, extend (of boundary) 1a8) to excel, be superior to 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be taken up, be brought up, be taken away 1b2) to take oneself away 1b3) to be exalted 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to bring up, cause to ascend or climb, cause to go up 1c2) to bring up, bring against, take away …

on [the] palm treeבְתָמָ֔רve-ta-MARH8558
palm

תָּמָר (ta.mar) palm tree, date palm

I will take holdאֹֽחֲזָ֖ה'o-cha-ZAHH0270
to grasp

אָחַז (a.chaz) 1) grasp, take hold, seize, take possession 1a) (Qal) to grasp, take hold of 1b) (Niphal) to be caught, grasped, be settled 1c) (Piel) to enclose, overlay 1d) (Hophal) fastened

on fruit-stalks itsבְּסַנְסִנָּ֑יוbe-san-si-NAVH5577
fruit-stalk

סַנְסִנִּים (san.sin) bough, fruit-stalk (of date tree)

and may they beוְיִֽהְיוּ־ve-yih-yu-H1961
to be

הָיָה (ha.yah) 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) --- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) …

pleaseנָ֤אna'H4994
please

נָא (na) 1) I (we) pray, now, please 1a) used in entreaty or exhortation

breasts yourשָׁדַ֙יִךְ֙sha-DA-yikhH7699A
breast

שַׁד (shad) 1) breast, bosom, (female) breast 1a) breast (of woman) 1b) breast (of animal) 1c) breast (of both human and animal) Also means: shod (שֹׁד "breast" H7699B)

like [the] clusters ofכְּאֶשְׁכְּל֣וֹתke-'esh-ke-LOTH0811
cluster

אֶשְׁכּוֹל (esh.kol) 1) cluster 1a) of grapes 1b) of flowers (metaphor of lover)

the vineהַגֶּ֔פֶןha-GE-fenH1612
vine

גֶּ֫פֶן (ge.phen) 1) vine, vine tree 1a) of Israel (fig.) 1b) of stars fading at Jehovah's judgment (metaph.) 1c) of prosperity

and [the] odor ofוְרֵ֥יחַve-REI-achH7381
aroma

רֵיחַ (re.ach) 1) scent, fragrance, aroma, odour 1a) scent, odour 1b) odour of soothing (technical term for sacrifice to God) Aramaic equivalent: re.ach (רֵיחַ "smell" H7382)

nose yourאַפֵּ֖ךְ'a-PEKHH0639H
face: anger

אַף (aph) : anger 1) nostril, nose, face 2) anger

like the applesכַּתַּפּוּחִֽים׃ka-ta-pu-CHIMH8598
apple

תַּפּוּחַ (tap.pu.ach) 1) apple, apple tree 1a) apple tree 1b) apples

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