Study it in the app“Tell 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?”
Tellהַגִּידָהme,לִּיyou whomשֶׁmy soulנַפְשִׁיloves,אָהֲבָהwhereאֵיכָהdo you pasture your flock,תִרְעֶהwhereאֵיכָהdo you make it lie downתַּרְבִּיץat noon;בַּצָּהֳרָיִםforשַׁwhyלָּמָהshould I beאֶהְיֶהlike one who veils herselfכְּעֹטְיָהbeside the flocksעַל עֶדְרֵיof your companions?חֲבֵרֶיךָ
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “hagida” appearssoul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appearslove
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahava” appearsgraze
To tend a flock, or eat grass.
Where else “tire” appearslie down, crouch
Lie down, crouch, like an animal at rest or lying in wait.
Where else “tarbits” appearsnoon
When the sun is highest; or full light.
Where else “tsahorayim” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “ehye” appearscover, wrap
Cover oneself, wrap oneself in a garment; cover.
Where else “otya” appearsherd, flock
Herd, flock, drove.
Where else “edre” appearscompanion, united
Companion, joined to others; "united" as a single group.
Where else “chavere” appears6Do 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.
7 · This verse (above)
8If you do not know for yourself, beautiful one among women, go out in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats beside the dwellings of the shepherds.
