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To my mareלְסֻסָתִיamong the chariotsבְּרִכְבֵיof PharaohפַרְעֹהI liken you,דִּמִּיתִיךְmy companion.רַעְיָתִי
Song of Songs 1:9
Study it in the app“To my mare among the chariots of Pharaoh I liken you, my companion.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 1:9, word by word
- To my mareסֻסָתִsusati
mare
A mare.
Where else “susati” appears- among the chariotsרִכְבֵיrichve
chariot
War chariots.
Where else “richve” appears- of Pharaohפַרְעֹהfaro
Pharaoh
Pharaoh: the title of the kings of Egypt, not a personal name.
Where else “faro” appears- I liken youדִּמִּיתִיdimiti
liken
To be like another, or to set one thing beside another as equal.
Where else “dimiti” appears- my companionרַעְיָתִrayati
companion
Companion, a woman who is close; the beloved calls his beloved this in the Song of Songs.
Where else “rayati” appears
Translation note
“My companion” (רַעְיָתִי) is the feminine of the word “companion, neighbor”; he calls her this throughout the book.
The context
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.
9 · This verse (above)
10Lovely are your cheeks with ornaments, your neck with necklaces.