Study it in the app““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.”
“I will riseאָקוּמָהnowנָּאand go aroundוַאֲסוֹבְבָהthe city,בָעִירin the streetsבַּשְּׁוָקִיםand in the squares;וּבָרְחֹבוֹתI will seekאֲבַקְשָׁהhim whomאֵת שֶׁmy soulנַפְשִׁיloves.”אָהֲבָהI sought himבִּקַּשְׁתִּיוbut did notוְלֹאfind him.מְצָאתִיו
rise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “akuma” appearsgo around
To follow a road that circles instead of going straight.
Where else “asovva” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsstreet
A street of a city.
Where else “shevakim” appearssquare
Square: the open space of a town.
Where else “rechovot” appearsseek
To go after someone or something in order to find it.
Where else “avaksha” 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” appearsfind
To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.
Where else “metsati” appears1On my bed through the nights I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him but did not find him.
2 · This verse (above)
3The watchmen who go around in the city found me. “Him whom my soul loves, have you seen?”
