Song of Songs 1:6

“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.”

Song of Songs 1:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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?

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