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On my bedעַל מִשְׁכָּבִיthrough the nightsבַּלֵּילוֹתI soughtבִּקַּשְׁתִּיhim whomאֵת שֶׁmy soulנַפְשִׁיloves;אָהֲבָהI sought himבִּקַּשְׁתִּיוbut did notוְלֹאfind him.מְצָאתִיו
Song of Songs 3:1
Study it in the app“On my bed through the nights I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him but did not find him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 3:1, word by word
- On my bedמִשְׁכָּבִmishkavi
bed
The place in the house for sleeping and resting.
Where else “mishkavi” appears- through the nightsלֵּילוֹתlelot
night
Night.
Where else “lelot” appears- I soughtבִּקַּשְׁתִּיbikashti
seek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “bikashti” appears- my soulנַפְשִׁnafshi
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafshi” appears- lovesאָהֲבָהahava
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahava” appears- find himמְצָאתִיmetsati
find
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “metsati” appears
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2“I will rise now and go around the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my soul loves.” I sought him but did not find him.