Song of Solomon 4

1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thine eyes are as doves behind thy veil: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that lie along the side of mount Gilead.

look! you beautiful darling my look! you beautiful eye your dove from about/through/for to/for veil your hair your like/as flock [the] goat which/that to step down from mountain: hill country Gilead

2 Thy teeth are like a flock [of ewes] that are [newly] shorn, which are come up from the washing; whereof every one hath twins, and none is bereaved among them.

tooth your like/as flock [the] to shear which/that to ascend: rise from [the] washing which/that all their be double and childless nothing in/on/with them

3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy mouth is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate behind thy veil.

like/as thread [the] scarlet lips your and mouth your lovely like/as millstone [the] pomegranate temple your from about/through/for to/for veil your

4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all the shields of the mighty men.

like/as tower David neck your to build to/for weapon thousand [the] shield to hang upon him all shield [the] mighty man

5 Thy two breasts are like two fawns that are twins of a roe, which feed among the lilies.

two breast your like/as two fawn twin gazelle [the] to pasture in/on/with lily

6 Until the day be cool, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

till which/that to breathe [the] day and to flee [the] shadow to go: went to/for me to(wards) mountain: mount [the] myrrh and to(wards) hill [the] frankincense

7 Thou art all fair, my love; and there is no spot in thee.

all your beautiful darling my and blemish nothing in/on/with you

8 Come with me from Lebanon, [my] bride, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Senir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

with me from Lebanon daughter-in-law: bride with me from Lebanon to come (in): come to travel from head: top Amana from head: top Senir and (Mount) Hermon from habitation lion from mountain leopard

9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, [my] bride; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

to encourage me sister my daughter-in-law: bride to encourage me (in/on/with one *Qk) from eye your in/on/with one necklace from necklace your

10 How fair is thy love, my sister, [my] bride! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all manner of spices!

what? be beautiful beloved: love your sister my daughter-in-law: bride what? be pleasing beloved: love your from wine and aroma oil your from all spice

11 Thy lips, [O my] bride, drop [as] the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

honey to drip/prophesy lips your daughter-in-law: bride honey and milk underneath: under tongue your and aroma garment your like/as aroma Lebanon

12 A garden shut up is my sister, [my] bride; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

garden to lock sister my daughter-in-law: bride heap: wave to lock spring to seal

13 Thy shoots are an orchard of pomegranates, with precious fruits; henna with spikenard plants,

missile your park pomegranate with fruit excellence henna with nard

14 Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices.

nard and saffron branch: calamus and cinnamon with all tree frankincense myrrh and aloe with all head: top spice

15 [Thou art] a fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and flowing streams from Lebanon.

spring garden well water alive and to flow from Lebanon

16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his precious fruits.

to rouse north and to come (in): come south to breathe garden my to flow spice his to come (in): come beloved my to/for garden his and to eat fruit excellence his