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Whoמִיis thisזֹאתcoming upעֹלָהfrom the wildernessמִן הַמִּדְבָּרlike columnsכְּתִימֲרוֹתof smoke,עָשָׁןperfumedמְקֻטֶּרֶתwith myrrhמוֹרand frankincense,וּלְבוֹנָהwith allמִכֹּלthe powdersאַבְקַתof the merchant?רוֹכֵל
Song of Songs 3:6
Study it in the app“Who is this coming up from the wilderness like columns of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the powders of the merchant?”
With the Hebrew beneath
Song of Songs 3:6, word by word
- coming upעֹלָהola
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ola” appears- from the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- like columnsתִימֲרוֹתtimarot
column
A column (of smoke).
Where else “timarot” appears- of smokeעָשָׁןashan
smoke
Smoke.
Where else “ashan” appears- perfumedמְקֻטֶּרֶתmekuteret
burn incense
To offer fragrant smoke to YHWH or other gods.
Where else “mekuteret” appears- with myrrhמוֹרmor
myrrh
Myrrh: an aromatic, bitter resin from a shrub.
Where else “mor” appears- and frankincenseלְבוֹנָהlevona
frankincense
Frankincense: a white resin that gives off sweet-smelling smoke when burned.
Where else “levona” appears- the powdersאַבְקַתavkat
powder
Aromatic powder.
Where else “avkat” appears- of the merchantרוֹכֵלrochel
go about trading
Go from place to place selling; as a participle, trader, traveling merchant.
Where else “rochel” appears
The context
5I make you swear, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles or by the does of the field, that you not awaken nor arouse love until it pleases.
6 · This verse (above)
7Look, his litter, the one of Solomon! Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel.