Do notאַלlook at meתִּרְאוּנִיbecauseשֶׁIאֲנִיam dark,שְׁחַרְחֹרֶתbecauseשֶׁthe sunהַשָּׁמֶשׁhas scorched me.שֱּׁזָפַתְנִיThe sonsבְּנֵיof my motherאִמִּיwere angryנִחֲרוּwith me;בִיthey set meשָׂמֻנִיto keepנֹטֵרָהthe vineyards;אֶת הַכְּרָמִיםmy vineyard,כַּרְמִיmy own,שֶׁלִּיI have notלֹאkept.נָטָרְתִּי
Song of Songs 1:6
Study it in the app“Do not look at me because I am dark, because the sun has scorched me. The sons of my mother were angry with me; they set me to keep the vineyards; my vineyard, my own, I have not kept.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 1:6, word by word
- look at meתִּרְאוּtiru
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “tiru” appears- am darkשְׁחַרְחֹרֶתshecharchoret
dark
Dark, with skin darkened (by the sun).
Where else “shecharchoret” appears- the sunשָּׁמֶשׁshamesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shamesh” appears- has scorched meשֱּׁזָפַתְshezafat
scorch
To darken the skin, said of the sun.
Where else “shezafat” appears- The sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of my motherאִמִּimi
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “imi” appears- were angryנִחֲרוּnicharu
stir up
To stir up a quarrel or anger, as one fans a fire.
Where else “nicharu” appears- they set meשָׂמֻsamu
put
To put something somewhere.
Where else “samu” appears- to keepנֹטֵרָהnotera
keep
To look after something, like a vineyard.
Where else “notera” appears- the vineyardsכְּרָמִיםkeramim
vineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “keramim” appears
The context
5Black I am yet lovely, daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
6 · This verse (above)
7Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where do you pasture your flock, where do you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions?